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« INDIANA / ROMANIA 1905. — Belonged to Lloyd Italiano, Genoa and was a 4996 gross ton ship, length 393.7 ft x beam 48.4 ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw, speed 14 knots. There was accommodation for 25-1st and 1,600-3rd class passengers. Built by Societa Esercizio Bacini, Riva Trigoso, she was launched on 10th Oct.1905 and started her maiden voyage from Genoa to Naples and Buenos Aires on 29th Oct.1905. On 5th Feb.1906 she commenced her first Genoa ~ Naples ~ New York voyage and in 1911, her first class accommodation was downgraded to 2nd class. Her last New York sailing started on 17th May 1913 and she then transferred to South America sailings. Taken over by Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1918, she was sold to Sitmar Line in 1924 and renamed ROMANIA and was scrapped in 1928. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol. 3, p. 1.344] »
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― 28 octobre ~ 2 novembre 1915 : Transporte de Toulon à Salonique l’État-major et le 1er Bataillon (Chef de bataillon Jean Léopold CASTERA) du 84e Régiment d’infanterie (Lieutenant-colonel Edmond LEJAY).
Le 2e Bataillon (Chef de bataillon Raymond Eugène Anne BORÉ-VERRIER) et le 3e Bataillon (Chef de bataillon Edmond Charles MERX) du régiment embarquèrent le 27 octobre 1915 à bord du croiseur auxiliaire Provence-II et parvinrent à Salonique le 1er novembre suivant.
(Journal des marches et opérations du 84e Régiment d’infanterie – 1er mai 1915 ~ 26 août 1916 – : Service historique de la Défense, S.G.A. « Mémoire des hommes », Cote 26 N 666/2, p. num. 28.)
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Bien amicalement à vous,
Daniel.