Name: | SLAVIC PRINCE launched as GAELIC PRINCE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/07/1918 |
Completed: | 10/1918 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 865 |
Dimensions: | 8611grt, 5310nrt, 448.5 x 57.2 x 39.2ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (25.5, 36.5, 52.5 & 76 x 54ins), 667nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 140720 |
History: | |
12/10/1918 | Prince Line Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1926 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen; renamed RABENFELS |
1938 | Hamburg-Sudamerika Dampfs Ges, Hamburg; renamed BAHIA LAURA |
30/08/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/07/1918: Launched as GAELIC PRINCE |
30/08/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by submarine HMS TRIDENT off | |
Solven Island in the Lofotens on a voyage from Tromsų to | |
Kirkenes with a consignment of 400 x troops |
Above photo as SLAVIC PRINCE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as RABENFELS is copyright of the Bangsbo Museum
Above photo as BAHIA LAURA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as BAHIA LAURA is courtesy of Photoship