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Thistletor (1910) |
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Later names |
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Rad (1930) |
Builder: |
Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company West Hartlepool, England |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1910 |
Launched: |
July 4, 1910 |
Type: |
Freighter |
Completed: |
August 1910 |
Fate: |
Sunk Aug. 3, 1940 by the German submarine UA (torpedo). Location: North Atlantic, 625 miles southwest of Dakar, Senegal. (11.20N - 21.00W) No casualties, 29 survivors picked up by SS Grodno and landed at Freetown, Sierra Leone. |
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Owner |
Albyn Line (Allan, Black & Company) Sunderland, England |
1930: |
Plovidba Rad (Banaz & Rusko) Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
370' 4" (PP) |
Engines: |
1 Triple expansion |
Beam: |
51' 5" |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
N/A |
Shafts: |
1 |
Gross Tons: |
4,160 |
HP: |
N/A |
DWT: |
N/A |
Speed: |
11 knots |
Crew: |
N/A |
Funnels: |
1 |
Passengers: |
N/A |
Masts: |
2 |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 30, 2011 |