Name: | NAGARA |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/02/1919 |
Completed: | 06/1919 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 982 |
Dimensions: | 8803grt, 5455nrt, 430.0 x 61.3 x 27.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (24.4, 33.5, 47 & 68 x 48ins), 1094nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135708 |
History: | |
06/1919 | Royal Mail Steam Packet Meat Transports Ltd, Southampton |
1932 | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, Southampton |
04/04/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/03/1943: Damaged by torpedo from U-Boat U404 500 miles west of Brest |
04/04/1943: Taken in tow by tug HMS DEXTEROUS but eventually | |
sank 400 miles west of Brest. All crew saved | |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Cardiff with a cargo of frozen meat |
Above photo is courtesy of Gordon Ross
Above photo is courtesy of Gordon Ross