D/S Montana

Other names
ex Paula
Call sign
OXRH
Shipping company
United States Maritime Commission,USA
Nationality
Panama flaggPanama
Home port
Panama RP

Shipyard

Name
Helsingør Jernskibs & Maskinbyggeri, Helsingør, Danmark
Build year
1934
Yard number
219
Month of delivery
august

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 11.9.1941
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
1.549
Net tonnage:
884
Deadweight:
2.700

Engine

Propulsion:
Compound 4 cyl.
Engine size:
NHK 192
Speed:
12

Dimensions

Length:
290.0'
Beam:
39.7'
Draft:
15.3'
  • Miscellaneous
    1. . Copyright: Ukjent fotograf

      Montana som PaulaCopyright: Ukjent fotograf

    Historikk:

    08/1934: J. Lauritzens Dampskibsrederi (J. Lauritzen) Esbjerg, Danmark - PAULA.
    1938: D/S Vesterhavet (J. Lauritzen) Esbjerg, Danmark - PAULA.
    1940: J. Lauritzen, Esbjerg - PAULA.
    1941: United States Maritime Commision, Panama - MONTANA.
    09/1941: Torpedert (senket) 11/9 av tysk ubåt U 105 (korvettenkapitän Georg Schewe) i pos. N 63.40', W 35.50' ca 330 n.m. NE av Cape Farwell på reise fra Wilmington til Reykjavik med tømmer. Alle 26 personene omkom, derav 5 norske.

    Warsailors.com:

    «There was a Panamanian steamship by the name Montana during the war (ex Danish Paula), built 1934, 1549 gt - torpedoed and sunk by U-105 (Schewe) on Sept. 11-1941, 400 miles northeast of Cape Farewell on a voyage Wilmington-Reykjavik with lumber».

    Hele besetningen omkom.

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 63.4
    Longitude: -35.5

    Sources

    H. Larsson-Fedde

    Uboat.net

    Warsailors.com

    Wrecksite.eu

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