Seen from Signal Hill.
There's a history of the SS Conte Biencamano on Wikipedia.
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1937
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Seen from Signal Hill.
There's a history of the SS Conte Biencamano on Wikipedia.
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Re: SS Conte Biancamano
For reference, on 9 January 1938, the boat left Hong Kong and transported refugees from Shanghai who had been evacuated here previously and wished to return to the port. Source: HKGRO
More SS Conte Biancamano
A search for 'Biancamano' in the old HK newspapers turns up several more results. Unfortunately they're all from 1939-41, so no use to help tie down the date of Jim's time on Signal Hill in 1936-7.
It had an important role:
Re: Conte Biancamano
A follow-up. As noted here , the Conte Biancamano operated for a short period of time on the fortnightly Far East service from May 1937. The vessel arrived from Shanghai and departed for Italy on 16 May 1937.