Name: | MOIRA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 30/04/1935 |
Completed: | 05/1935 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1501 |
Dimensions: | 1560grt, 744nrt, 248.4 x 42.1 x 16.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 34 x 28ins) + LP turbine, 223nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/1935 | Dampskib Marna A/S (Sigurd Owren), Oslo |
17/06/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U158, 150 miles SE of Corpus Christi |
On a voyage from New Orleans to Vera Cruz in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage