Titania
1923 General Cargo
Photo: Walter E. Frost
Buildingyard: Deutsche Werft A.G., Hamburg/ Germany
Built year: 1923
Yard no: 60
Tonnage : GRT: 4765/ NET: 2834/ TDW: 7618
Dims : LOA: 400,6/ BR: 54,2/ DR: 26,3ft
Machinery: Two 6-cyl by Algemeine Electicitäs Gesellschaft, Berlin
IHP: 3100
Speed: 10,00knots
Passengers: 8
14.11.1922: Launched as TITANIA
11.02.1923: Completed. Price paid: NOK 3.571.012,02
27.01.1937: Sold to Bruun & von der Lippe's Rederi A/S (Bruun & von der Lippe), Tønsberg. Renamed VIGRID
00.00.1937: Sold to Skibs A/S Gdynia (Olav Ringdal), Oslo
24.06.1941: Torpedoed and sunk SSE off Cape Farewell. Pos 54.30N, 41.30W by German submarine U-371. The vessel was part of convoy HX-133
Enroute from New Orleans to Belfast and Manchester with 6000tns of general cargo. 21 crewmebmers, 1 gunner and 4 passengers lost
their lives. In the same convoy were also following Norwegian vessels; SOLØY/ KONGSGAARD