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Tortugas
1923 General Cargo
Buildingyard: Deutsche Werft A.G., Hamburg/ Germany
Built year: 1923
Yard no: 47
Tonnage : GRT: 4697/ NET: 2852/ TDW: 7019
Dims : LOA: 357,6/ BR: 51,2/ DR: 30,7ft
Machinery: 6-cyl by Algemeine Electicitäs Gesellschaft, Berlin
IHP: 2500
Speed: 11,00knots
Passengers: 12
Photo from WW's Fleetlist 150 years
30.08.1923: Launched as TORTUGAS
02.11.1923: Completed. Price paid: NOK 1.679.060,05
18.11.1942: Torpedoed and sunk east of Barbados. Pos 12.39N, 54.59W by German submarine U-67. Enroute from Calcutta and Table Bay to Trinidad
and the Clyde with general cargo
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