S.S. Napoli/Sannio
The S.S. Napoli built by Palmers Co Ltd, Jarrow-on-Tyne, and launched on October 21st, 1899 with the name S.S. British Prince for British Shipowners Ltd. She sailed for the Phoenix Line between Antwerp and New York as a cargo ship. The S.S. British Prince was sold to the Italian owned Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1906 and renamed S.S. Sannio. She was fitted with passenger accommodation and started her first Genoa, Naples, Palermo, and New York voyage on May 31st, 1906. Her last sailing on this service started on April 1st, 1911. In January 1913, she came under the control of Italia Line and was renamed S.S. Napoli. She started her first voyage from Genoa and Naples to New York and Philadelphia on March 28th, 1913. In 1917, she was acquired by Transoceanica of Naples and on July 4th, 1918 sunk after a collision with the Norwegian ship S.S. Otto Sverdrup in the Mediterranean at the Gulf of Lyon with the loss of one life.
• Length: 143.2 m (470 ft)
• Beam: 17.31 m (56 ft 8 in)
• Draft: 9.78 m (32 ft 1 in)
• Propulsion: Two 3-cylindersteam turbine engines, twin screws, 794 horsepower
• Speed: 13 knots (14-15 Mph)
• Capacity: 9,203 tons
• Occupancy: 70 1st class passengers and 2,200 3rd class passengers
Ancestors Traveled
Amelia Mandato (Born: 1886) and her sister Maria where aboard this vessel when it was in service under the name S.S. Sannio in 1907. This ship sailed the two Mandato sisters from Naples to Italy so they could be reunited with brother Ciriaco in Brooklyn, New York. When they arrived, they were detained by U.S. Immigration service for unknown circumstances before being permitted into the U.S.
The Lanciano family, Filomena Masone (Born: 1869), Maria Rosa (Born: 1893) and husband Pietro Tresca (Born: 1889), Maria Giuseppa (Born: 1895), Antonio (Born: 1897), and Amedeo (Born: 1902) left their comune Pescolamazza, Italy to board the S.S. Napoli May of 1913 to come to America and be reunited with their husband and father Giovandomenico in Springfield, Illinois. For Unknown reasons, only Maria Rosa Lanciano and Pietro Tresca made it to America on this trip. The rest of the family successfully made it to America on the next S.S. Napoli voyage in July 1913 with the exception of Maria Giuseppa. She stayed back in Italy for an entire year before sailing into the port of Philadelphia in 1914.
The Lanciano family, Filomena Masone (Born: 1869), Maria Rosa (Born: 1893) and husband Pietro Tresca (Born: 1889), Maria Giuseppa (Born: 1895), Antonio (Born: 1897), and Amedeo (Born: 1902) left their comune Pescolamazza, Italy to board the S.S. Napoli May of 1913 to come to America and be reunited with their husband and father Giovandomenico in Springfield, Illinois. For Unknown reasons, only Maria Rosa Lanciano and Pietro Tresca made it to America on this trip. The rest of the family successfully made it to America on the next S.S. Napoli voyage in July 1913 with the exception of Maria Giuseppa. She stayed back in Italy for an entire year before sailing into the port of Philadelphia in 1914.