Name: | DANAE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/01/1921 |
Completed: | 06/1921 |
Builder: | Charles Rennoldson & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 194 |
Dimensions: | 1768grt, 969nrt, 270.2 x 37.5 x 16.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 36ins), 244nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1921 | Soc Navale Caennaise, Caen |
1935 | A/S D/S "Ask" (A Kjerland, manager), Bergen; renamed ROY |
12/10/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Laid down as WAR COQUET for the UK Government. Contract cancelled |
12/10/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by German E-Boat S53, 24 miles ExN of Cromer | |
On a voyage from London to Blyth in ballast |
Above photo as DANAE is courtesy of Kevin Blair