Name: | TANA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/03/1921 |
Completed: | 09/1921 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 917 |
Dimensions: | 5535grt, 3448nrt, 380.4 x 52.2 x 33.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam Turbines, 549nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1928: Parson's MST Co Ltd) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
09/1921 | D/S A/S Den Norske Afrika og Australielinje (Wilh Wilhelmsen), Tønsberg |
1934 | Wilh Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg |
1940 | French Vichy Government (Chargeurs Réunis); renamed SAINTE SIMONE |
12/1942 | Deutsches Reich (Mittelmeer Reederei Gmbh) |
10/12/1946 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/1928: Turbines replaced by Parson's Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd |
22/06/1940: Detained at Safi and later seized by French Government | |
24/05/1943: Sank during an air attack off Olbia. Raised post-war | |
10/12/1946: Sank while under tow to Genoa |
Above photo as TANA is courtesy of Photoship