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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. IRIS at Cardiff Docks.
Built 1911 as PORTICI by A.G. “Neptun”, Rostock (engine by builder). 1919 – Assigned to France as war reparations. 1928 – Sold to Heuzey & Chastellain, Rouen, and renamed ROLLON. 1936 – Sold to A.G. Pappadakis, Piraeus, and renamed VINCENZIA. 1939 – Sold to J.D.Paleocrassas, Piraeus, and renamed IRIS. 1950 – Renamed MARIA. 1955 – renamed VASSILIS. 1960 – Sold to a Liberian owner and renamed KATY V. She was broken up in Greece in 1965. (Ref : - www.messageries-maritimes.org/rollon.html)
