| Name: | ANTAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/06/1906 |
| Completed: | 07/1906 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 159 |
| Dimensions: | 3580grt, 2256nrt, 348.8 x 50.0 x 23.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 311nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 123682 |
| History: | |
| 07/1906 | Egypt & Levant Steamship Co Ltd (T Bowen Rees & Co Ltd), London |
| 1919 | Wigan Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W Robson), Cardiff |
| 1920 | DR Llewellyn, Merrett & Price Ltd (Merrett Bros Ltd), Cardiff |
| 1920 | Renamed RIVER TRENT |
| 1924 | Britain Steam Ship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co Ltd), London; renamed WOKINGHAM |
| 1930 | J Freymann & others (Latvian Shipping Co), Riga; renamed GUNDEGA |
| 06/1940 | Government of the USSR |
| 22/06/1941 | Government of Germany |
| 1941 | Deutsches Reich (G Freymann, Memel); renamed WEICHSELLAND |
| 21/12/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | 06/1940: Seized by USSR |
| 22/06/1941: Seized by Germany at Lübeck | |
| 21/12/1944: Sank after being mined in the Feiestein Channel, Stavanger. | |
| Mine laid by Free French submarine RUBIS on 19/12/1944. |
Above photo as ANTAR is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily News, Monday, 25/06/1906