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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