Name: | PRINCESSE MARIE-JOSÉ |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/05/1925 |
Completed: | 07/1925 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1267 |
Dimensions: | 2477grt, 1466nrt, 315.9 x 45.1 x 20.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 283nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1925 | Océan SA Belge d'Armement & de Navigation (L Dens & Cie), Antwerp |
1933 | Cie Dens-Océan SA, Antwerp |
1938 | SA "Les Cargos Algériens", Algiers |
29/05/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/05/1940: Shelled, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U37 40 miles NW of Vigo |
On a voyage from Casablanca to Bordeaux with a cargo of cereals |
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson