Templar
1929-1961 General cargo
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Buildingyard: Deutsche Werke A.G., Kiel
Built year: 1929
Yard no: 221
Tonnage: GRT: 6749/ NET: 4047/ TDW: 12475
Dims : LOA: 461,4/ BR: 60,6/ DR: 29,0ft
Machinery 1929: 2 x 8-cyl by the shipbuilders
Machinery 1953: 2 x 5-cyl by Howaldtswerke A.G., Hamburg
IHP 1929: 7000
IHP 1953: 8000
Speed 1929: 14,5 knots
Speed 1953: 15,0 knots
Passengers: 12
19.01.1929: Launched by Deutsche Werke A.G. Kiel
25.03.1929: Completed. Price paid: 3.074.709,39NOK
10.08.1940: Seized by Germans in Oslo
23.11.1940: Served as SPEERBRECHER 17
17.05.1945: Retaken in damaged condition at Kiel. Towed to Malmø for repairs.
05.07.1947: Returned to service in the Norway-Africa-Australia Line
10.01.1948: Suffered an underwater explosion after what believed to be a mine. In pos 52.48N, 04.31E. On voyage from
Macassar and Rotterdam to Oslo.
13.01.1948: Arrived at Stavanger with deck- and enginedamage
00.00.1953: Reengined by Howaldtswerke A.G., Hamburg with MAN-engine
15.12.1961: Sold to Achilles Frangitas, Lebanon. Renamed KATERINA
00.00.1967: Sold to Rea Shipping Co.Ltd., Cyprus
20.01.1972: Delivered to China National Machinery Import & Export Corp., Shanghai for demolition