D/S Paula

Call sign
OXRH
Shipping company
Lauritzen, J., Esbjerg, Danmark
Nationality
Denmark flaggDenmark
Home port
Esbjerg

Shipyard

Name
Helsingør Jernskibs & Maskinbyggeri, Helsingør, Danmark
Build year
1934
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

    HISTORIKK: 
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde

    8/1934: 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
    9/1941: 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 Wilmington til Reykjavik med tømmer. Alle 26 personene omkom.

    http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15360 

    http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1097.html

    www.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. 18 out of 26 were lost".

     

     

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 63.666667
    Longitude: -35.833333

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