FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name DELAWARE
Type Cargo
Yard Number 21
Launched 12/08/1920
Completed 12/1920
Off. Number  
Engine builder Richardsons, Westgarth & Co. Ltd., Sunderland 
Engine type 2 x steam turbines
GRT 4501
Length (feet) 363.4
Beam (feet) 52.2
First owner A/S Norge-Mexico Gulf Linjen (Wilh. Wilhelmsen), Tønsberg
History 09/06/1928 wrecked near Orskar, but afterpart salvaged and new forepart built at Kiel
  1929 TUBINGEN, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen  (lengthened with new fore part fitted; 5453gt, length 401.5 feet)
  1935 Hamburg-Bremer Afrika Linie GmbH, Bremen (Woermann Linie AG - D.O.A.L.)
   
Fate 23/04/1945 bombed and sunk by British aircraft in the Kattegat

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