Montana
1918-1937 Tanker steam
Buildingyard: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
Built year: 1918
Yard no: 662
Tonnage: GRT: 7031/ NET: 4411/ TDW: 10624
Dims: LOA: 425,0/ BR: 57,0/ DR: 31,1ft
Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp steam engine by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland
IHP: 2500
Speed: 10,0 knots
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04.07.1917: Launched.
14.01.1918: Completed. Upon war requisition placed under management by H.E. Moss & Co., Liverpool . Reg owner: W.M. Cohan
Price paid: NOK 2.382.963,89
00.11.1920: Returned to service for Wilh. Wilhelmsen
25.10.1937: Sold to Th. Brøvig, Farsund. Renamed JETTY BRØVIG
02.02.1941: Captured near the Seychelles by the German raider ATLANTIS. Camouflaged as the TAMESIS (Wilh. Wilhelmsen). On passage from Bahrain
to Lorenco Marques with diesel and fueloil. Prizecrew was placed onboard and the vessel was used as a supplyship for the ATLANTIS and
other German vessels until scuttled.
04.03.1941: After being intercepted off Italian Somaliland by the cruiser HMS LEANDER and HMS CANBERRA the vesse was scuttled by the German
crew