Name: | ATHENE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 24/04/1928 |
Completed: | 06/1928 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 1024 |
Dimensions: | 4681grt, 2644nrt, 345.6 x 53.5 x 27.8ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (600 x 700mm), 580nhp |
Engines by: | Ab Atlas Diesel, Stockholm |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1928 | Skibs A/S Varild (Alf Jakhelln), Oslo |
1935 | A/S Athene (Jorgen Bang), Kristiansand |
10/06/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U559, 250 miles ExS of Tobruk |
On a voyage from Beirut to Tobruk with a cargo of petrol |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Per-Erik Johnsen collection
Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 25/04/1928