after the restoration
IMO 5278248. Launched at the shipyard of Rennoldson&Sons, South Tyneside, United Kingdom as the river tug Dilwara with yard number 166 on 4 September 1895 and completed in October 1895. Gross tonnage 134 (nowadays)-141 tons., net tonnage 34 tons and as dimensions 100.4 x 20.2 x 10.6 feet. Owned by the United Steam Tug Company, London, England since December 1896, since 1907 (1903?) of Impresa Gius Fogliotti, Genoa, Italy, registered at Naples, Italy in 1905 as the Pietro Micca, of Giuseppe Merlino, Naples, since 1943, of Francesco Merlino, Naples since the 60’s, of the Societa Armamento Gestione Navi Agenzia Maritima Srl., Naples since the 70’s and sunce 1996 of Gianluca Spinelli, Friends of Steamships Association. Used in the First and Second world wars as an auxiliary minesweeper. Restored at the Tecnomar Shipyard, Fiuminico, Rome, Italy in 1996. Original triple expansion engine still present.
