Name: | LEKHAVEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/02/1921 |
Completed: | 05/1921 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 217 |
Dimensions: | 4802grt, 2984nrt, 360.0 x 52.0.x 31.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 401nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/1921 | Gebr Van Uden, Rotterdam |
1925 | NV Gebr van Uden’s Scheepvaart en Agentuur Mij, Rotterdam |
1950 | Reederei Ernst Sieg, Flensburg; renamed WALDEMAR SIEG |
1953 | Dr W Boettger (FG Reinhold), Flensburg; renamed HUGO BOETTGER |
1955 | Andromeda Cia Naviera SA, Puerto Limon; renamed MAEDA |
16/07/1956 | Sank |
Comments: | 16/07/1956: Sank after a collision with SALSAAS, 40 miles NxE of Ostend |
On a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Rotterdam with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship