Flytende hvalkokeri D/S Hektoria
- Other names
- ex Medic
- Call sign
- WQBF - LJCM
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Great Britain- Home port
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1898
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Torpedoed, 12.9.1942
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 13.797
- Net tonnage:
- 9.564
- Deadweight:
- 15.300
Engine
- Propulsion:
- Engine size:
- NHK 893
- Speed:
- 10 knop
Dimensions
- Length:
- 550.2'
- Beam:
- 63.3'
- Draft:
- 47.9'
HISTORIKK:
v/H.Larsson-Fedde.1898: Oceanic Stm. Nav. Co. Ltd (Ismay, Imrie & Co) Liverpool, U.K. - MEDIC
1912: Oceanic Stm. Nav. Co. Ltd (White Star Line) Liverpool, U.K. - MEDIC
8/1928: A/S Hektor (N. Bugge) Tønsberg - HEKTORIA
9/1932: Hektoria Ltd., London, U.K. - HEKTORIA
9/1942: Torpedert 12/9 i konvoi ON 127 først av tysk ubåt U 211 ( Korvettenkapiän Karl Hause ) og deretter av tysk ubåt U 608 ( Kapitänleutnant Rolf Struckmeier ). Sank i pos. N 48.55', W 33.38'.
1 person omkom.
Se også:
https://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2155.htmlShipwreck location
Latitude: 48.90111
Longitude: -33.6333
