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Name: SYDHAV
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/12/1928
Completed: 03/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1359
Dimensions: 7587grt, 4557nrt, 450.8 x 61.0 x 33.2ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (31 x 43in), 1010nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: n/a
History:
03/1929 Skibs A/S Sydhav (T Lodding), Oslo
06/03/1942 Sank
Comments: 06/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U505, 200 miles
SSW of Freetown in position 04.47N - 14.57W
On a voyage from Curacao to Freetown with a cargo of oil


Above photo copyright of Per Lodding