Name: | CORUNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/07/1908 |
Completed: | 11/1908 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 159 |
Dimensions: | 1467grt, 888nrt, 253.2 x 37.7 x 17.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
11/1908 | D/S I/S Garonne (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania |
1938 | Rederi A/B Notung (O/Y Ernst Sohn Ltd), Helsingfors; renamed BALMUNG |
1940 | Deutsches Reich – Leth & Co, Hamburg; renamed GEBWEILER |
1941 | Managers became Fried Krupp AG |
10/1941 | Kriegsmarine; renamed SPERRBRECHER 165 |
08/07/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/04/1940: Captured by German forces whilst on a voyage from Abo to Hartlepool |
Condemned by a Prize Court at Hamburg and seized by the German Government. | |
15/10/1941: Commissioned as a mine clearance vessel & armed with 2 x 7.5cm guns. | |
08/07/1943: Sunk by a mine east of Gjedser Odde at 57.38N 12.27E |
Above photo as GEBWEILER is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SPERRBRECHER 165 is copyright of Sebastian
Shields Daily News, Friday, 31/07/1908