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Name: NAGARA
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/02/1919
Completed: 06/1919
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 982
Dimensions: 8803grt, 5455nrt, 430.0 x 61.3 x 27.8ft
Engines: 2 x Q4cyl (24.4, 33.5, 47 & 68 x 48ins), 1094nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135708
History:
06/1919 Royal Mail Steam Packet Meat Transports Ltd, Southampton
1932 Royal Mail Lines Ltd, Southampton
04/04/1943 Sank
Comments: 29/03/1943: Damaged by torpedo from U-Boat U404 500 miles west of Brest
04/04/1943: Taken in tow by tug HMS DEXTEROUS but eventually
sank 400 miles west of Brest. All crew saved
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Cardiff with a cargo of frozen meat


Above photo is courtesy of Gordon Ross

Above photo is courtesy of Gordon Ross