Name: | DJEBEL-DIRA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/02/1930 |
Completed: | 04/1930 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1370 |
Dimensions: | 2835grt, 1551nrt, 325.4 x 44.7 x 24.4ft |
Engines: | 3 x steam turbines |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
04/1930 | Cie de Navigation Mixte, Marseille |
11/12/1942 | Government of Germany |
28/08/1944 | Scuttled |
Comments: | 11/12/1942: Seized by Germany for use an an escort vessel |
26/12/1943: Terpedoed & damaged by HMS UNBROKEN off Naples | |
01/1944: Repaired & started conversion into an anti-aircraft corvette | |
21/06/1944: Commissioned as minelayer M6062 | |
28/08/1944: Scuttled as a blockship at Marseilles | |
02/01/1947: Refloated | |
28/08/1947: Scuttled as part of port works on Ile de Planier |
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