Name: | ATLANTICA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/04/1911 |
Completed: | 05/1911 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 833 |
Dimensions: | 4996grt, 2618nrt, 378.1 x 52.3 x 23.9ft; (1939: 4224grt, 2597nrt) |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 68 x 48ins), 391nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1939: 167380) |
History: | |
1911 | Atlantica Sea Navigation Co Ltd, Fiume |
1919 | Government of France, Bordeaux |
1923 | Navigazione Libera Giov Racic & Ci, Dubrovnik; renamed MARIJA RACIC |
1925 | Atlantska Plovidba Ivo Racic ad, Dubrovnik |
1928 | Jugoslavenska Llloyd dd, Dubrovnik |
1939 | Crest Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed MARCREST |
07/09/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/1914: Laid up at Ferrol |
07/09/1941: Damaged in an air attack 2 miles east of Yarmouth | |
Subsequently sank under tow NE of South Scroby Buoy | |
On a voyage from London to Hartlepool in ballast |
Above photo as ATLANTICA is copyright of Drobni Nándor, Hajo Regiszter
Above photo as ATLANTICA is courtesy of Hajo Regiszter