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Triton
1930 General cargo
Buildingyard: Kockums Mek. Verkstad A/B., Malmoe/ Sweden
Built year: 1930
Yard no: 164
Tonnage : GRT: 6607/ NET: 4045/ TDW: 10130
Dims: LOA: 461,9 BR: 60,6/ DR: 28,9ft
Machinery: 2 x 8-cyl by the shipbuilder
IHP: 7300
Speed: 14,50knots
Passengers: 12
Photo: Unknown
26.03.1930: Launched
19.06.1930: Completed. Price paid: NOK 3.191.513,85
17.08.1942: Torpedoed and sunk NE of the Azores in pos 39.31N, 22.43W by the German submarine U-566. On passage from Sydney NSW and
Freetown to Belfast, Lough and Avonmouth with General cargo
Photo: Australian War Memorial
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