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Name: ANATOLIAN
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/10/1931
Completed: 03/1932
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1414
Dimensions: 1865grt, 1099nrt, 266.2 x 40.0 x 19.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 39ins), 292nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 161564
History:
14/03/1932 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd (Wescott & Laurence Ltd)
1933 Cie Générale d'Armements, Le Havre; renamed GRANDE-TERRE
1939 Skibs A/S Pasat (TB Torgersen), Oslo; renamed PASAT
1940 Kyokuyo Hogei KK, Tokyo; renamed KOA MARU
04/04/1943 Sank
Comments: 04/04/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by submarine USS PORPOISE, 1000 miles
east of Guam and north of Eniwetak Atoll, in position 13.12N - 161.57E


Above photo as GRANDE-TERRE is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net