Name: | ALGA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/11/1905 |
Completed: | 12/1905 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 742 |
Dimensions: | 2751grt, 1745nrt, 314.5 x 46.6 x 21.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 262nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
12/1905 | Navigazione Libera Triestina, Trieste |
1920 | A Kalnins, Riga; renamed KAUPO |
1935 | Tv Kaupo Rederja (Maksis Kalnins), Riga |
06/1940 | Government of the USSR |
22/06/1941 | Government of Germany |
1941 | Deutsches Reich (FG Reinhold, Danzig); renamed WESTPREUSSEN |
1947 | Ministry of Transport (Springwell Shipping Co Ltd), London |
1947 | Renamed KAUPO |
1951 | Kaupo SS Co Ltd (C Hoffmann & Co Ltd), London |
06/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | 06/1940: Seized by the Government of the USSR |
22/06/1941: Seized by the Government of Germany at Lübeck | |
1947: Allocated to the Government of the UK as a war prize | |
29/06/1952: Arrived at Dunston for breaking up by Clayton & Davie Ltd |