SS Uniwaleco (+1942) WRECK

SS Uniwaleco (+1942) WRECK

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SS Uniwaleco (+1942)

 
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south-african
purpose: transport
type of wreck: tanker
propulsion: steamer
date built: 1905
details wreck
weight (tons): 9755  grt
dimensions (m): 143,4x17,8x--
engine: Quadruple expansion
power:  
speed: 12  knots
about the loss
cause lost: torpedo
date lost: 07/03/1942  [dd/mm/yyyy]
casualties:
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builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Glasgow
owner: Union Whaling Co. Ltd. (A. E. Larsen), Durban
captain:
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entered by: Allen Tony
entered: 26/10/2007
last update: Allen Tony
last update: 05/06/2009
 
 
   Position 
 
latitude:13°23'0X'' N
longitude:062°04'0X'' W
system:ED50
division:1'=60''
remarks:Position is PA.
updater:Allen Tony 
update:26/10/2007
ref. used:  www.ubootwaffe.net
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Allen Tony21/11/2007

Steinar Norheim writes : 1905 Build as S/S MAHRONDA by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast for T. & J. Brocklebank, Ltd., Liverpool.1922 Sold to Hvalfangeraktieselskapet Rosshavet, (Johan Rasmussen & M. Konow), Sandefjord for £ 30.550.-. Converted to floating whale factory at Framnæs Mek. Værksted. Converting price. NOK. 2.000.000.-, renamed SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS.Converted to oil burning the same year..1930 Bought by Fraternitaskompagniet A/S (A.P.Møller), Copenhagen, renamed FRATERNITAS. The vessel managed by Anders Jahre, Sandefjord.1936 Fitted with stern ramp at Gøtaverken AB, Gothenborg.1937 Sold to Union Whaling Co. Ltd. (A. E. Larsen), Durban, S.Africa, renamed UNIWALCO. Norwegian agent was the company A.C. Olsen, Sandefjord.1942 7. March, torpedoed and sunk by German U 161, in 13.23N-62.04W, voy. Curaçao - Freetown, fuel oil. 13 men of 51 lost, included three norwegians. The vessel was hit two times within 5 ? 8 minutes, and break in two.
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Allen Tony26/10/2007

Uniwaleco SS was a Canadian Steam Tanker of 9,755 tons built in 1905. On the 7th March 1942 when on route from CURACAO for FREETOWN carrying a cargo of 8,800 tons of fuel oil she was torpedoed by U-161 and sunk. 13 crew lost from a total of 51.
ref. used: www.ubootwaffe.net

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