Name: | LUCERNA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 27/05/1930 |
Completed: | 08/1930 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 998 |
Dimensions: | 6556grt, 3928nrt, 430.5 x 56.6 x 32.9ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Wallsend Sulzer type, 6cyl (680 x 1200mm), 749nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 162323 |
History: | |
13/08/1930 | Lumina Steamship Co Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool |
1950 | Hansa Tank-Reederei GmbH (Atlantic Reed F & W Joch), Hamburg |
1950 | Renamed WINNETOU |
1958 | Hansa Tank-Reederei Günther & Joch Verwaltungs-GmbH, Hamburg |
14/08/1959 | Broken up |
Comments: | 02/08/1940: Hit amidships by torpedo from U-Boat U99, 370 miles W of Londonderry |
Fortunately she was in ballast and managed to escape | |
05/1941: Returned to service after repairs at Liverpool | |
14/08/1959: Arrived at Bremen for breaking up by Eckhardt & Co GmbH |
LUCERNA on the inside at Smith's Dock. Photo is courtesy of Terry Summerson
Closer view of LUCERNA. Photo is courtesy of Terry Summerson
Above photo as WINNETOU is copyright of the Arthur Blundell Collection
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 28/08/1930