Madrono
1917-1929 Tanker steam
Buildingyard: Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd., Jarrow
Built year: 1917
Yard no: 846
Tonnage: GRT: 5894/ NET: 3697/ TDW: 8600
Dims: LOA: 407,5/ BR: 52,4/ DR: 31,6ft
Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp steam engine by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland
IHP: 2200
Speed: 10,0 knots
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11.11.1916: Launched.
00.04.1917: Completed. Upon war requsition placed under management by H.E. Moss & Co. (W.M. Cohan), Liverpool.
Price paid: NOK 1.413.117,03
00.10.1919: Returned to service for Wilh. Wilhelmsen
19.12.1929: Sold to Skibs A/S "Madrono" (Hans Borge), Tønsberg
00.00.1938: Sold to A/S Norsk Rutefart (A.I. Langfeldt & Co), Kristiansand
04.07.1942: Captured in the Indian Ocean by German raider THOR in pos 29.50S, 70.00E. On passage from Melbourne to Abadan in ballast.
Prizecrew placed onboard and sailed to Yokohama. Renamed ROSSBACH. Allocated to Waried Tankschiff Rhederei GmbH
07.05.1944: Torpedoed and sunk in the Kii Channel/ Japan. In pos 33.14N, 134.40E by American submarine BURRFISH