Description

The Principessa Mafalda had been the flagship of the Lloyd Italiano line, but as a pre World War 1 ship in 1927 her glory days had faided. She was to take one last voyage across the Atlantic before being relegated to more coastal travel. Unfortunately it was a voyage she would never complete. Her disaster would bring the phantom of the Titanic back to the public eye with its terrible and senseless loss of life.

Ship Name: Principessa Mafalda

Launched: 1908

Tonnage: 9210

Origin: Genoa, Italy

Ship Type:Transatlantic Ocean Liner, Steam Ship

Sank: Off the Coast of Brazil

Reason For Sinking: Broken Propellor

Loss of Life: 314 Dead

Sources:

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/a-maritime-disaster-an-irishman-s-diary-on-the-fate-of-the-principessa-mafalda-1.3470062

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sinking-of-ss-principessa-mafalda-was-italys-titanic-moment/news-story/fe2fd432b0fe6b4dca3b0207b1e5d50f

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/10/26/96677215.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/10/29/118881790.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/11/15/95458937.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/10/28/101509545.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/02/23/109855168.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/10/27/96677841.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/10/29/118881791.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

http://thegreatoceanliners.com/articles/augustus/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mafalda-hesse-1902-1944