SS Verona (1908)

History
Italy
NameVerona
NamesakeVerona
Owner
Port of registryGenoa
Route
BuilderWorkman, Clark & Co, Belfast
Yard number271
Launched31 March 1908
CompletedMay 1908
Maiden voyage19 June 1908
Identification
FateSunk, 11 May 1918
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage8,261 GRT, 5,068 NRT
Length482.3 ft (147.0 m)
Beam58.3 ft (17.8 m)
Depth26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Installed power1,221 NHP
Propulsion
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity1908: 60 first class, 2,500 third class
Troops3,000
Notessister ships: Taormina, Ancona

SS Verona was a transatlantic ocean liner that was built in Ireland in 1908 for an Italian shipping line. She was a troop ship in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12 and in the First World War in 1917–18. In 1918 a German submarine sank her in the Mediterranean with great loss of life.