M/T Esso Copenhagen

Call sign
HPKP
Shipping company
Nationality
Panama flaggPanama
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1939
Yard number
642
Month of delivery
juni

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 26.2.1942
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
9.245
Net tonnage:
5.811
Deadweight:
14.825

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 943

Dimensions

Length:
501.1'
Beam:
65.4'
Draft:
35.3'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    6/1939: Panama Transport Co., Panama - ESSO COPENHAGEN
    2/1942: Torpedert (Senket) 26/2 av italiensk ubåt
    LUIGI TORELLI i pos. N 10.32', W 53.20' på reise Aruba til Buenos Aires med fuel oil. 1 person omkom.
        
    Maskineri:
    B & W 2S.C.SA 14 cylindere diam.19 11/16"-35 7/16".

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 10.533
    Longitude: -53.3333

    Sources

    Ships of the Esso Fleet i World War II, copyright 1946 Second Printing s. 95