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Talleyrand
1927 General Cargo
Buildingyard: Deutsche Werke A.G. Kiel
Built year: 1927
Yard no: 211
Tonnage : GRT: 6732/ NET: 4038/ TDW: 10010
Dims : LOA: 461,4/ BR: 60,6/ DR: 8,9ft
Machinery : Two 8-cyl by the shipbuilder
IHP: 7000
Speed: 14,50knots
Passengers: 12
Photo: Treebs
28.07.1927: Launched as TALLEYRAND
20.10.1927: Completed. Price paid: NOK 3.069.377,22
02.08.1940: Captured SE of Mauritius in pos 31.00S, 67.00E by German raider ATLANTIS. On passage from Sydney, NSW and Fremantle to
Cape Town and UK.
03.08.1940: Sunk. Crew were transferred to MV TIRANNA and 3 of the crew wre lost when the latter vessel was sunk by H.M. Submarine TUNA
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