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Marietta Ralli

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1891 Marietta Ralli Foscolo Mango & Co.
1915 Glena A.H. Arvesen
1905 Marietta Ralli S.A. Siderides.
1916 Glena F. Siegwarth

Fate

The Norwegian steamship Glena foundered 140 miles north-west of Cape Finisterre on November 1st, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Melilla, Spain, to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore. Master - J.W. Bjonness.

Lives lost: Banks, George Wilfred, signalman, 19, Tyneside; Brown, Osmond, signalman (RNVR) 19, Chester-le-Street; Pearce, Herbert Charles, leading signalman (Royal Navy).

 

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