D/S Ceiba

Call sign
HRBK
Shipping company
Nationality
Honduras flaggHonduras
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1911
Yard number
850
Month of delivery
April

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 17.3.1942
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
1.462
Net tonnage:
1.054

Engine

Speed:
12,5

Dimensions

Length:
309.6'
Beam:
39.2'
Draft:
16.6'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    04/1911: Levert som CEIBA til Emerald S.S. Co. Ltd( J. Maxton) Belfast, UK                       
    00/1913: Vaccaro Brothers S.S. Co. Ltd ( S. D'Antoni ) Ceiba, Honduras - CEIBA
    /1015: Forl. 39.2'- BRutto: 1.698 t. NET: 1.054 tonn
    /1920: Ceiba S.S.Co(Vaccaro Bros. & Co) Ceiba, Honduras - CEIBA
    /1924: Mexican American Fruit & S.S.Corp(Standard Fruit & S.S. Co. & Di Giorgio Fruit Corp, Ceiba, Honduras - CEIBA
    /1928: American Fruit & S.S.Corp(Standard Fruit & S.S.Corp)Ceiba - CEIBA
    /1933: Seaboard S.S.Corp(Standard Fruit & S.S.Co)Ceiba,Honduras - CEIBA
    3/1942: Torpedert og senket17. mars 1942 av tysk ubåt U-124. (Korvettenkapitän Johann Mohr) i pos.N 35.43',W 73.49' på reise Kingston, Jamaica til New York med bananer. 44 personer omkom, 6 personer reddet

    Maskineri:
    Dampmaskin 23,39 x 66 x 42''. Maskineri  bygd ved Swan,Hunter
    & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Newcastle, UK.

    Se også:
    http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/C-Ships/ceiba1911.html
    https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1445.html
     
               

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 35.716667
    Longitude: -73.816667

    Sources