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ANSELM |
British pass/cargo liner RMS ANSELM (3), imo 1169275/ 130m/ 5.954gt/ single screw/ 14kn/ crew 80/ passengers: 40 - 1st class; 106 - 3rd class; 17/02/1935 completed by William Denny & Sons, Ltd., Dumbarton, for Booth Steamship Co., Ltd., Booth Line, Liverpool; 1940 requisitioned by Government she was converted to a troopship for up to 500 troops; 23/12/1940 while part of convoy WS.5Adue was attacked by German cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER which was driven off by the escorting cruisers; 05/07/1941 while on passage Gorouck/ Freetown, she was torpedoed by U-96 around 300 miles off the Azores and sunk. 94 crew, 3 gunners and 960 troops were rescued by armed merchant cruiser CATHY and the CHALLENGER. The RMS ANSELM sank vertically with loss of 4 crews and about 250 troops. Booth line p/c edition - painter unidentified - my collection |
Username | Rui Amaro |
Armateur | Booth Steamship Co., Ltd., Booth Line, Liverpool; |
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Numéro IMO | imo 1169275 |
Type de navire | Pass7cargo liner |
Année et chantier de construction | 17/02/1935 completed by William Denny & Sons, Ltd., Dumbarton |
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Téléchargée le | 26/05/2012 |
Dimension | 700 x 442 |
visites | 1386 |