Name: | TAFNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/03/1930 |
Completed: | 30/04/1930 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 501 |
Dimensions: | 4413grt, 2738nrt, 370.3 x 52.3 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 341nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144000 |
History: | |
24/04/1930 | La Tunisienne Steam Navigation Co Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), Swansea |
24/10/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/10/1939: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U37, 100 miles SW Cadiz |
On a voyage from Benisaf to the UK with a cargo of iron ore. 2 crew died |
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