D/S-hvalfanger Sotra

Shipping company
Nationality
Great Britain flaggGreat Britain
Home port
Enlistment district

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1925
Yard number
815
Month of delivery
September

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship, Navy ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
313
Net tonnage:
109

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
1.150 IHP

Dimensions

Length:
130'
Beam:
26'
Draft:
13'
  • Historikk
    v/Einar Ottarsen Onsøien
    8.1925: Levert til South Georgia Co Ltd (Chr. Salvesen), Leith, Storbritannia - SOTRA
    9.1939: Rekvisisjonert av Royal Navy, Storbritannia
    29.1.1942: Torpedert av U-431 utenfor Bardia, Libya.

    Maskineri
    3 cyl, Smith's Dock, Middlesbrough

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 32.07
    Longitude: 25.3

    Sources

    "From 70 North to 70 South", av Graeme Somner,