M/S Cape Horn

Call sign
GTDJ
Class
LR100A1 8, 41
Shipping company
Nationality
Great Britain flaggGreat Britain
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1929
Yard number
808
Month of delivery
Mai

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
5.643
Net tonnage:
3.615

Engine

Speed:
12

Dimensions

Length:
425.0'
Beam:
56.0'
Draft:
28.9'
  • Historikk:
    v/Einar Ottarsen Onsøien.

    28.3.1942: Brann og explosjon, sank i pos 8.24S/8.46W (Øst av Ascension Island). Reise Birkenhead-Midt-Østen med explosiver og stykkgods. Alle reddet.

    Maskineri:
    Dieselmotor, 4S.C.SA, 8 cylindere diam. 29 1/2"- 59 1/16". Maskineri bygget ved J.G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd. Greenock, UK.

    Sources

    miramarshipindex.nz
    John Orbell: From Cape To Cape, The History of Lyle Shipping Company, Glasgow.