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Touraine
1925 General Cargo
Buildingyard: Odense Staalskibsværft, Odense/ Denmark
Built year: 1925
Yard no: 18
Tonnage : GRT: 5811/ NET: 3579/ TDW: 9590
Dims : LOA: 435,9/ BR: 56,2/ DR: 27,8ft
Machinery: Two 8-cyl by Burmeister & Wain., København
IHP: 5100
Speed: 13,00knots
Passengers: 12
Photo: N/A
17.01.1925: Launched as TOURAINE
08.08.1925: Completed. Price paid: NOKO 3.744.531,13
07.10.1940: Torpedoed and sunk west of Bloody Foreland, Ireland. Pos 55.12N, 10.18W by German submarine U-59. Enroute from
Glasgow to Sydney NSW, Australia in ballast. No los of life. All crewmember wnt in the lifeboats
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