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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


Above photo courtesy of Photoship