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Thermopylæ
1930 General cargo
Buildingyard: Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri A/S., K.havn
Built year: 1930
Yard no: 569
Tonnage : GRT: 6655/ NET: 4088/ TDW: 10564
Dims: LOA: 461,4 BR: 60,6/ DR: 29,0ft
Machinery: 2 x 6-cyl by the shipbuilder driving twin srews
IHP: 7700
Speed: 15,00knots
Passengers: 12
Photo: Unknown
05.04.1930: Launched
10,06.1930: Completed. Price paid: NOK 3.256.153,73
19.01.1942: Sunk by a convoy escort in pos 34.03N, 24.16E to avoid an explosion of her cargo of ammunition after been sat on fire by
a german bombing south of Crete. She was on passage between Alexandria and Malta in convoy MW8A with military stores
and troops. The crewmembers were lost
Photo: Unknown
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