Dutch cargo ship (ex-Harpalyce 1930-1937) Loppersum 1937-1940 (R.O. 1940-1945) Loppersum 1945-1956, Luisita Croce 1956-1960)

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Launched by John Readhead&Sons Ltd., West Docks, South Shields, England with yard number 503 on 12 August 1930, delivered to owner National Steamship Co. Ltd., manager J.&C. Harrison Ltd., both at London, England in November 1930, sold to manager Firma Vinke & Co., (1932 Firma Warnderink Vinke & Zoon, 1947 Firma Vinke & Zonen), owner N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Oostzee’, both at Amsterdam, Netherlands in November 1937, as the transport R.O. 1 part of the German Kriegsmarine since August 1940, accommodation an barracks since 12 April 1941, troop transport since 22 October 1944, berthed at Aarhus,Denmark on 18 May 1945, transferred to the Allies at Methil, England on 30 July 1945, returned to owner/manager since 7 August 1945, sold to F. Italo Croce S.p. A., Genoa Italy and renamed Luisita Croce on 17 March 1956, grounded 5 miles west of Cape Palmas and could not be salvaged and became a total loss.