Hav 1939

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	HAV
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	15/07/1939
Completed:	09/1939
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	1567
Dimensions:	5062grt, 2939nrt, 420.8 x 57.5 x 24.5ft
Engines:	Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.25ins), 687nhp
Engines by:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Reg Number:	n/a
History:
09/1939	A/S Havtank & A/S Hav (Helmer Staubo & Co), Oslo
14/05/1942	Mined

Comments:	14/05/1942: Mined when sailing from Port Said & beached
	On a voyage from Basrah to Beirut with a cargo of barley
	Wreck burned during later salvage operations