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D/S Tugela
1921 General Cargo
Buildingyard: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd., Jarrow
Built year: 1921
Yard no: 916
Tonnage: GRT: 5559/ NET: 3462/ TDW: 7918
Dims : LOA: 380,4/ BR: 52,2/ DR: 33,6ft
Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp by the shipbuilders
IHP: 2900
Speed: 12,00knots
Passengers: 9
THE FIRST SHIP ON THE BARBER LINE
Photo: WW's fleetlist 150years
12.02.1921: Launched as TUGELA
05.08.1921: Completed. Price paid: NOK 6.193.899,85
00.04.1940: Scuttled at Oslo. Later raised by Germans and managed by Rob. M. Sloman jr., Hamburg
28.04.1943: Scuttled at Oslo by Norwegian "underground forces". Raised by German Navy
24.03.1945: Sank after striking a mine outside Florø
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