T/S Ile de Batz
- Other names
- ex West Hobomac
- Call sign
- GMVM
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Great Britain- Home port
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1918
- Yard number
- 28
- Month of delivery
- August
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Torpedoed, 17.3.1942
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 5.755
- Net tonnage:
- 4.375
- Deadweight:
- 8.800
Engine
- Propulsion:
- Engine size:
- IHK 2500
- Speed:
- 11
Dimensions
- Length:
- 409.8'
- Beam:
- 54.2'
- Draft:
- 27.7'
Ilde de Batz som West Hobomac
HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde.8/1918: United Shipping Board, Seattle, USA - WEST HOBOMAC
8/1918: United States Navy (ID 3335) - WEST HOBOMAC
6/1919: United States Shipping Board, Seattle, USA - WEST HOBOMAC
/1933: Lykes Bros.- Ripley S. S. Co. Inc., New Orleans, USA - WEST HOBOMAC
/1938: Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc., New Orleans, USA - WEST HOBOMAC
3/1940: Cie. Generale Transatlantique, Frankrike - ILE DE BATZ
7/1940: Ministry of War Transport (A. Weir & Co) Swansea, U.K. - ILE DE BATZ
3/1942: Torpedert og senket 17. mars 1942 av tysk ubåt U-68 (Kapitän zur see Karl-Friedrich Merten) i pos.N 04.04',W 08.04' på reise Rangoon til U.K. 4 personer omkom, 39 personer reddet
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