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Sunday, 13 June 2021

French screw steamship (ex-Condor 1915-1924, Kong Ring 1924-1928) Canton 1928-1942

Coal fuelled reciprocating 435 nhp machinery. Gross tonnage 1.581 tons, net tonnage 976 tons, deadweight 2.500 tons and as dimensions 241.6 x 36.1 x 19.3 feet. Built in 1915 by G. Seebeck Aktien Gesellschaft, Wesermünde. In 1939 owned by Cie. Asiatique de Navigation, Haiphong [French Indochina, nowadays Vietnam]. German property 1915-1924, Norwegian property 1924-1928. France-flagged, call sign FPDC. Sunk in November 1942 after hitting a mine laid by the American submarine USS Tautog (SS-199).

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