Name: | BATNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/08/1928 |
Completed: | 20/09/1928 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 492 |
Dimensions: | 4399grt, 2735nrt, 370.0 x 52.3 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 341nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160569 |
History: | |
19/09/1928 | Cory & Strick (Steamers) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London |
13/05/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 13/05/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94, 880 miles ExN of St John's |
On a voyage from Newport to Halifax with a cargo of coal |