Name: | FANGTURM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/09/1908 |
Completed: | 10/1908 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 796 |
Dimensions: | 4933grt, 3113nrt, 401.2 x 52.5 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (23, 31.5, 48 & 71 x 51ins), 470nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
10/1908 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen |
1919 | Government of France, Bordeaux |
1921 | Cie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique Belge (Armement Deppe), Antwerp |
1921 | Renamed ANTVERPIA |
1935 | Cie Royale Belgo-Argentine (Armement Deppe), Antwerp |
23/05/1940 | Burned |
Comments: | 08/1914: Laid up at Palma, Majorca till the end of the war |
20/05/1940: Attacked by German aircraft off Boulogne | |
On a voyage from Galveston to Dunkirk with a cargo of grain etc | |
21/05/1940: Beached in Boulogne Roads to prevent sinking | |
23/05/1940: Burned out by further incendiary attacks |
Above photo as FANGTURM is copyright of Peter Kiehlmann
Above photo of ANTVERPIA wreck is copyright of Reinhard Kramer
Lloyd's List, Monday, 14/09/1908