Name: | NATAL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/05/1914 |
Completed: | 20/06/1914 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 215 |
Dimensions: | 4171grt, 2638nrt, 360.0 x 51.3 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 36.5 & 62 x 42ins), 326nhp |
Engines by: | Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1914 | A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni, Copenhagen |
1915 | A/S D/S Orient, Copenhagen |
1930 | Angfartygs A/B Pallas (Alex Pedersen). Gothenburg; renamed BRAGE |
1934 | A/B Orient (Thr Kramer) Abo; renamed ORIENT |
21/07/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 1914: Engine taken from the company’s PANGAN, built and engined by |
Barclay Curle in 1909 and converted to a motor ship in 1914-1915 | |
21/07/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by British aircraft south of Helgoland | |
She was in a German convoy from Jade Bay to Emden with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as NATAL is courtesy of Photoship