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Tirranna
1938 General cargo
Buildingyard: F. Schichau G.m.b.H., Danzig
Built year: 1938
Yard no: 1396
Tonnage : GRT: 7230/ NET: 4410/ TDW: 10850
Dims: LOA: 493,6 BR: 63,3/ DR: 29,0ft
Machinery: 2 x 8-cyl by the shipbuilders Elbingyard driving twin screws.
IHP: 10600
Speed: 16,25knots
Ref space: 2200cbft
Passengers: 12
Photo: Unknown
11.12.1937: Launched
10.03.1938; Completed. Price paid: NOK 3.302.542,19
10.06.1940: Captured SE of Mauritius about 20.00S, 69.00E by German raider ATLANTIS. On passage Sydney, NSW and Melbourne
to Mombasa and the UK
22.09.1940: While trying to run the blockade to Bordeaux torpedoed and sunk in the Gironde Estuary by HM Submarine TUNA with a loss of
87 of the 292 onboard
Photo: Unknown
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