Shipwreck - SS Cesare Battisti 1936

1936 CESARE BATTISTI. At 10 p.m. on 23 December 1936 a boiler exploded aboard the Italian 8331 ton steam ship Cesare Battisti which was at anchor at Massowah Harbour, Eritrea. 26 people were killed and over 100 injured. The ship sank and came to rest on the bottom of the harbour. Only two items of mail are known, a cover and this post card to Somalia. Both have a label attached written in Italian. A very rare item from this incident.

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