Name: | AMSTELLAND |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/02/1920 |
Completed: | 08/1920 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1053 |
Dimensions: | 8156grt, 5128nrt, 470.1 x 61.5 x 32.1ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 1066nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
08/1920 | NV Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam |
1936 | NV tot Voortzetting van den Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam |
28/02/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/02/1941: Hit by bombs from aircraft and disabled, 200 miles west of Ireland |
On a voyage from the Clyde to Buenos Aires in ballast | |
28/02/1941: Sank whilst under tow. 1 crew member died |
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Shields Daily News, Monday, 23/02/1920