The Rita Zovetta

Built in 1919 by A. Stephen & Sons, Ltd., a Scottish shipyard in Glasgow, this cargo steamer was originally known as the War Gascon and it was outfitted to be a tanker. Two years later, the ship was converted to carry dry cargo and renamed to Rita Zovetta. The Rita Zovetta had a a 52-foot beam and ran aground in heavy seas at the northeast end of Bermuda just off of St. David’s and most of the cargo of manganese ore was offloaded before the ship sank on February 13, 1924. The ship was later heavily salvaged for non-ferrous scrap metals (brass, copper pipes, etc.) several times after World War II. she sits in 65 feet of water.