| Name: | VOLLRATH THAM |
| Type: | Ore Carrier |
| Launched: | 05/05/1909 |
| Completed: | 07/1909 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 429 |
| Dimensions: | 5787grt, 2630nrt, 387.1 x 56.5 x 30.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 292nhp; |
| (1925: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (740 x1500mm), 489nhp) | |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend; |
| (1925: A/B Gotaverken, Gothenburg, Sweden) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 07/1909 | Rederi A/B Lulea-Ofoten, Stockholm |
| 1916 | Trafik A/B Grangesberg-Oxelosund, Stockholm |
| 1921 | Aug Bolten, Wm Miller's Nachfolger, Hamburg |
| 1922 | Trafik A/B Grangesberg-Oxelosund (M Waldenstrom, manager), Stockholm |
| 10/11/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1925: Re-engined |
| 10/11/1941: Sunk by a mine 2 miles NNE from the Hubert Gatt Buoy | |
| On a voyage from Lulea to Emden with a cargo of iron ore |
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Above photo is copyright of Sjöhistoriska Museets
Above photo is courtesy of Sjöhistoriska Museets
Above photo is courtesy of Sjöhistoriska Museets
Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 12/05/1909