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Taronga
1934 General Cargo

TARONGA 1934-1.jpg

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Buildingyard: Odense Staalskibsværft, Odense, Denmark

Built year: 1934

Yard no: 50

 

Tonnage : GRT: 7054/ NET: 4235/ TDW: 10550

Dims : LOA: 484,0/ BR: 61,3/ DR: 29,0ft

Machinery: 7-cyl by Burmeister & Wain Maskin&Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen

IHP: 9650

Speed: 16,25knots

Passengers: 12

20.01.1934: Launched

05.05.1934: Completed. Price paid: NOK 2.716.489,32

15.08.1940: Seized by the Germans and employed as SPERRBRECHER 15

00.00.1945: Recovered at Hamburg burned out following an airattck. The hull was reconditioned by Beliard, Crighton et Cie, Antwerp 

                     and the machinery by B&W., Copenhagen

00.08.1948: Back in service for WW

28.10.1961: Sold to Sangyo Shinko K.K., for scrapping

04.11.1961: Demolition began at Izumi-Ohtsu, near Osaka

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