D/S Svartön
- Other names
- ex Cedargrove
- Call sign
- SGWN
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Sweden- Home port
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1906
- Yard number
- 243
- Month of delivery
- september
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Torpedoed, 3.1.1940
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 2.371
- Net tonnage:
- 1.473
- Deadweight:
- 4.040
Engine
- Propulsion:
- Engine size:
- NHK 229
- Speed:
- 9,5
Dimensions
- Length:
- 299.0'
- Beam:
- 44.5'
- Draft:
- 19.9'
Bilde - uboat.net
HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde.9/1906: S.S.Mary Co.Ltd ( Alexander & Mair) Glasgow, U.K. - CEDARGROVE
/1912: Rederiakt.Luleå-Ofoten(P.A.Welin) Stockholm, Sverige - SVARTØN
/1916: Trafik A/B Grängesberg- Oxeløsund, Stockholm - SVARTØN
1/1940: Torpedert og senket 3/1 av tysk ubåt U 58 (Kapitänleutnant Herbert Kuppisch) utenfor Kinnaird Head på reise Narvik til Middlesbrough med jernmalm. 20 personer omkom. 11 personer reddet.Se også:
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/168.html
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62141Shipwreck location
Latitude: 57.8
Longitude: -1.783333
