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Name: SOUTH AFRICA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 30/01/1930
Completed: 05/1930
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1417
Dimensions: 9234grt, 5593nrt, 484.1 x 65.4 x 36.8ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 4cyl (26.75 x 41.75ins), 1000nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1930 Skibs A/S Noruega (Leif Høegh), Oslo
08/06/1942 Sank
Comments: 08/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U128, 400 miles
north east of Paramaribo at position 12.47N - 49.44W
On a voyage from Curacao via Freetown to the UK with diesel oil


Above photo courtesy of Photoship