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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
LUCERIC |
129524 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1910 |
06/09/1919 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Russell & Co, Port Glasgow |
Kingston Yard |
606 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
6526 grt / 4100 nrt / |
460.0 ft |
57.0 ft |
28.9 ft |
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Engine builder |
Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (28.5,47&78x54ins), 690nhp, 1 screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Bank Line Ltd - A. Weir & Co., Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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Other names |
1916 VALACIA - 1931 ERNANI - 1940 SLEIPNER II |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1916 Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd., Liverpool 1931 Industrie Navali S.A., Genoa 1938 Giovanni Gavarone fu Giovanni, Genoa 06/1940 Deutsches Reich |
Vessel history |
Seized by Germany at Las Palmas in 06/1940 |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1941 |
Torpedoed 28/06/1941 |
Disposal Detail |
Mistakenly torpedoed by the German submarine U.103 450 miles off Las Palmas in 27.52N - 26.17W while she was camouflaged as Dutch ENGGANO trying to break Allied blockade of Bordeaux. |
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Valacia
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