Braunfels (1906)

Later Names
Braunfels (1914)
Braunfels (1920)
Vidovdan (1925)
Vidovdan (1928)


Builder:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.
Wallsend, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1906
Launched:
June 22, 1906
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
August 1906
Fate:
Wrecked Dec. 15, 1939 on Natuna-Besar Island, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia).

Total loss.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built)
Length:
421'
Engines:
1 quadruple expansion by Swan Hunter
Beam:
55'
Boilers:
3 single ended, 213 lbs. pressure
Draft:
20' (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
5,554 (a)
HP:
500 NHP
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
11 knots
   
Notes
(a):
1935 registered at 5,581 tons, 1939 registered at 5,586 tons.


Owner
As built:
Deutsche Dampfschiffarts-Gesellschaft
(Hansa Line)
Bremen, Germany
1914:
H.M. Government
London, England
1920:
Secretary of State of India
London, England
1925:
Atlantska Plovidba Ivo Racic ad
(Atlantic Line)
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
1928:
Jugoslavenski Lloyd
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia


Masters (information not available)


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