Name: | KORANNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/12/1904 |
Completed: | 02/1905 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 756 |
Dimensions: | 3585grt, 2623nrt, 350.0 x 52.0 x 23.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 337nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120498 |
History: | |
06/02/1905 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Brothers), London |
1914 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Zannis C Valmas, Andros; renamed APIKIA |
1936 | Ting Yau Tung (T Akai), Chefoo; renamed CHANG KWANG |
1937 | Ding Yao (T Akai), Chefoo; renamed SHOKO |
1938 | Akai Shoten KK (T Akai), Osaka; renamed NITTOKU MARU |
14/02/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/02/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by USS submarine SNOOK |
30 miles SW of Tsushima in the Korea Strait |
Above photo as KORANNA is courtesy of Clive Ketley