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Name Official number Flag IMO
HUNTSMAN  145895  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1921  05/07/1921  11/1921 
Vessel type Vessel description
Cargo General  Steel Screw Steamer  
Builder Yard Yard no
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow Scotstoun  385 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
8196 grt / 5241 nrt / 11960 dwt 482.0 ft  58.3 ft  33.4 ft   
Engine builder Dunsmuir & Jackson Ltd., Govan
Engine detail
1-screw. 3x steam turbines DR geared to one screw shaft. 200lb. 871NHP. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Charente Steamship Co. Ltd. - T. & J. Harrison, Liverpool  Liverpool   
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
 
Remarks
Four Masts. 
End year Fate / Status
1939  Scuttled 17/10/1939 
Disposal Detail
10/10/1939 while on passage Durban to London captured by "Pocket Battleship" ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE in the South Atlantic. Initially used as a supply ship by the Germans she was eventually sunk on 17/10/1939 with explosives in 08.30S - 05.15W. 
 

 


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