Marconis Yacht Electra in Penzance Dock May 1922.
Yacht ELETTRA built as ROWENSKA
Steamship 2 propeller shafts
Buildt 1904 Ramage and Fergusson Ltd - Leith
67.40m overall length; 60.35m bridge length; 8.38m breadth; 5.18m bridge height; 5m draught.
Triple expansion steam engine 3 cylinder by Ramage and Fergusson; 126.95 nhp; 12 knots.
Twin boilers by Ramage and Fergusson.
232.18 nrt; 632.81 grt
Call Signal letters IBDK
Bought by Marconi in 1919
Later Registered at Genoa 27th October 1921; Real Italian Club Italiano
In 1944, when the ship was owned by the Ministry of Communications at Rome,
she was Requisitioned by Germany, and taken to Diklo, Zadar.
She was discovered, attacked and bombed;
Severely damaged, her remains were later found and have since been presented to a Museum
Raymond Forward
