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Posted: **Sun May 12, 2013 9:14 pm**

: The "HUMANITAS" - not sure when she went aground but it's clearly in Hartlepool, near the Fish Sands. You can just make out the Pilot's Pier in the distance. Thanks to Owen Corrigan for the use of this photograph from his collection.

Posted: **Tue May 14, 2013 11:53 am**

I think she will be the 1902 vessel by Short as ANGLO-SAXON for Nitrate Producers (Lawther, Latta) and as HUMANITAS under Italian flag 1926-1930 only when broken up with prop damage.

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2013 8:53 pm**

She arrived at Rotterdam under tow on the 8th April 1930 having lost her propeller.

Wonder if this was when she lost it??

The Manager looking after her as Humanitas was "PIETRO RAVANO FU MARCO"

:lol:

Made me think of Fu Manchu

Posted: **Tue May 28, 2013 6:32 am**

I believe the Italian 'fu' equates to 'son of' and used extensively to differentiate between people who would otherwise have the same name .... occuers in many Italian shipowner names.
George fu Tom