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Taurus
1935 General Cargo
Buildingyard: Akers Mek. Verksted A/S., Oslo
Built year: 1935
Yard no: 466
Tonnage: GRT: 4767/ NET: 2879 / TDW: 7610
Dims: LOA: 408,6ft/ BR: 55,3ft/ DR: 25,2ft
Machinery: 7-cyl by the shipbuilder
BHP: 4800
Speed: 13,5knots
Passengers: 12
Photo: WW's fleetlist 150 years
23.10.1935: Launched
14.12.1935: Completed. Price paid: NOK 2.153.342,32
06.06.1941: Bombed by German Aircraft and sunk off Montrose, Scotland in pos 56.47N, 02.15W. On passage from Port Hartcourt
and Freetown to Hull. The vessel had a cargo og groundnuts, palm kernels and cocoa.
At Greenock after a successful Escape fro Gothenburg in January 1941
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