Mavi Boncuk |Foscolo Mango Steamship Co.
Mango Foscolo, Foscolo Mango & Co., Compagnies Royale Nèerderlandaise de Navigation à Vapeur “Salamander” Ins. Co. Turkey agency 17-23 Couteaux Han, Galata.
British operating from Constantinopol (Istanbul), though ships were registered in London. Sometimes also referred to as Foscolo, Mango & Co.
List of Wrecked Ships:
Eptalofos SS , 4,431grt, defensively-armed, 23 March 1917, 47 miles NW from Malta, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, Master, 2 officers, 4 engineers, 1 gunner made prisoners.
Eptaprygion, 4,307grt, defensively-armed, 23 April 1917, 150 miles W by S from Sicily Islands, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine.
Frinton SS was a Cargo Steamer of 4,194 tons built in 1912. She was formerly called FRELAND. On the 19th March 1917 when on route from Cartagena for Middlesborough carrying a cargo of iron ore she was torpedoed by German submarine U-81 and sunk when 320 miles @ by N 1/2 N from the Ushant (Ouessant). 4 persons lost.
Marie J. Mango SS was a cargo steamer of 3,191grt. On the 26th January 1911 she sailed from Novorossiisk for Emden and was reported missing.
Zanni Stefanovic SS was a cargo steamer of 2,333
See also: Stag Line Ltd v. Foscolo Mango and Co Ltd [1932] AC 328
In Stag Line Ltd v. Foscolo Mango and Co Ltd a deviation to take on replacement crew was ‘reasonable’ although not the subsequent route taken out of the port of which sacrificed safety for speed.