Thalatta
1922-1948 General cargo
Buildingyard: Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen
Built year: 1922
Yard no: 321
Tonnage: GRT: 5671/ NET: 3492/ TDW: 9563
Dims : LOA: 425,5/ BR: 55,2/ DR: 27,9ft
Machinery: Two 6-cyl by the shipbuilder
IHP: 3100
Speed: 11,5 knots
Passengers: 10
Photo: WW Fleetlist 150years
07.05.1922: Launched by Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen
29.07.1922: Completed. Price paid: 5.758.334,66NOK
05.07.1948: Went aground off Suvadiva Atoll, Maldive Islands. On voyage from Shanghai to Oslo with generl cargo. Cargo was discharged
into smaller vessels. One of the vessels, AQUA QUEEN, disappeared without trace in the Indian Ocean. The vessel was believed to have
been taken by local pirates.
26.10.1948: Refloated by salvagecompany Switzer, Denmark
09.11.1948: Arrived at Colombo. Examination shows that vessel was beyond economical repair.
20.041949: Declared CTL
31.07.1949: Sold by insurance underwriters to A. Ebrahim & Co., Bombay for scrapping
00.11.1949: Demolition began at Darukhana, Bombay