D/S Hitterøy

Other names
ex Monnikendam,ex Wytegra,ex Beta
Call sign
WLFR
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port
Enlistment district

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1899
Yard number
588
Month of delivery
August

Other

  • Participant in WW1
  • Was sunk:

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
2.003
Net tonnage:
1.260

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 154

Dimensions

Length:
270.5'
Beam:
39.2'
Draft:
15.9'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    8/1899: Vrachtvaart Maats.Bothnia(B.J.van Hengel)Amsterdam,Holland - BETA
    /1912: Reederei Ges.Russia mbh.,Hamburg,Tyskland - WYTEGRA
    /1915: Vraachtvaart Maats.Edam(B.J.van Hengel en de Wed.Jan Salm & Meijer) Amsterdam,Holland                    MONNIKENDAM
    /1916: D/S A/S Øy II(Klüver & Co)Kristiania - HITTERØY
    12/1916: Stoppet og senket 2/12 i pos. N 49.42' W 07.04' av tysk ubåt UB-29 (Oberleutnant zur See Erich Platsch)-26 n.m.WSW av Bishop Rock på reise Glasgow til Civitavecchia med kull. Alle reddet

    Skipsfører:
    1916 - I. Sjøsæther.

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin, 3cylindere, diameter, 19,0”–30,5”–51,0”. Maskineri bygget ved Central Marine Engineering Works, West Hartlepool, England.

    Se også:
    https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2871.html

     

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 49.7
    Longitude: -7.066667