| Name: | SONGA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/03/1921 |
| Completed: | 09/1921 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 969 |
| Dimensions: | 3116grt, 1892nrt, 320.5 x 45.2 x 25.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 65 x 45ins), 365nhp |
| Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle; Eng no 26 |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 09/1921 | Lorentz W Hansen's Rederi A/S (LW Hansen), Bergen |
| 1923 | D/S A/S Songa (K Wiese-Hansen), Bergen |
| 1935 | USSR, Odessa; renamed BLAGOEV |
| 03/09/1937 | Sank |
| Comments: | 03/09/1937: Sank after being captured and shelled by Italian submarine |
| SETTEMBRINI when 6 miles from Skyros in the Aegean on a voyage | |
| from Odessa to Sete with a supposed cargo of asphalt but believed to be | |
| carrying materiel for Spanish Republican forces |
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