MV Sebastiano Veniero (1940)
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| The Netherlands, Italy | |
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| Ordered: | 1939 |
| Builder: | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA) |
| Yard number: | 1,233 |
| Launched: | 1940 |
| Completed: | May 1950 |
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449 ft 6 in (137.01 m) p/p 471 ft (143.5 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 60 ft 11 in (18.6 m) |
| Depth: | 26 ft (8 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,320 NHP, 5,500 bhp |
| Propulsion: | FIAT diesel engine |
449 ft 6 in (137.01 m) p/p
MV Sebastiano Veniero, formerly MV Jason, (a.k.a. Jantzen, a.k.a. Sebastiano Venier, a.k.a. Sebastian Venier, a.k.a. SS Sebastian Venier) was a 6,310 GRT cargo and passenger motor ship that was built in Italian-ruled Fiume in 1940. In 1941 she was damaged by a Royal Navy submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, killing at least 300 UK and Dominion prisoners of war, and possibly many more. She did not sink but was beached on the coast of the Peloponnese, where she was torpedoed again a week later and became a total loss.
Lloyd Triestino ordered the ship in 1939 from Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA) of Fiume. Lloyd Triestino planned to name her Monfalcone.
Monfalcone was built to a standard design and had a number of sister ships. She had a FIAT diesel engine. Sources disagree as to whether it was a six- or 12-cylinder unit, and whether her speed was 12 knots (22 km/h), 13.5 knots (25 km/h) or 16 knots (30 km/h).
Lloyd Triestino could not afford to pay for the ship, so CRDA sold her to Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan (NSMO), the Dutch subsidiary of the UK shipping company Blue Funnel Line. NSMO followed Blue Funnel's policy of naming its ships after figures from Greek antiquity and mythology. Monfalcone was renamed Jason after the mythological character of the same name. Her name, nationality and two large Dutch flags were painted on each side of her hull to identify her as a neutral ship.
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