Name: | WILDENFELS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/03/1901 |
Completed: | 02/04/1901 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 374 |
Dimensions: | 3926grt, 2522nrt, 5909dwt, 358.0 x 46.1 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (23, 31.5, 48 & 71 x 54ins), 418nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.4knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1915: 139021) |
History: | |
02/04/1901 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen |
1915 | Government of Australia; renamed GILGAI |
1923 | Australian Commonwealth Line of Steamers |
1925 | Salvatore & Emanuele Fratelli Accame, Genoa; renamed SURSUM CORDA |
1937 | Industrie Navali Soc Anon (INSA), Genoa; renamed MANON |
13/02/1941 | Ministry of War Transport (British India SN, managers), Mombasa |
07/10/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract Price £81828; Profit £7216-10s-2d |
09/08/1914: Seized by the Australian Government when berthed in Melbourne | |
13/02/1941: Captured by the Britiish Royal Navy near Kismayu | |
07/10/1942: Torpedoed & sunk north of Madras, 200 miles ESE of Masulipatam. | |
On a voyage from Calcutta to Colombo |
Above photo as WILDENFELS copyright of Eric Johnson
Above photo as GILGAI copyright of Allan Green
Above photo as SURSUM CORDA copyright of Gerhard Fiebiger
Above photo as MANON copyright of Staatsarchiv Bremen