MS Africa Shell
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MS Africa Shell, was a British coastal oil tanker operated by the Shell Company of East Africa Ltd. The ship's life was short, lasting only a matter of months from her introduction into service in 1939, until she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Mozambique Channel, off the coast of Portuguese East Africa, becoming the sixth victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Name | MV Africa Shell |
Owner | Shell Company of East Africa Ltd. - Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London |
Operator | 1939–1939: Shell Company of East Africa Ltd. |
Port of registry | London |
Route | East Africa |
Builder | George Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd, Greenock |
Yard number | 207 |
Laid down | 1938 |
Launched | 10 November 1938 |
Completed | February 1939 |
In service | 1939 |
Out of service | 1939 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by Panzershiff Admiral Graf Spee 24°31′S 35°12′E |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal Oil Tanker |
Tonnage | 706 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 184.8 ft (56.3 m) |
Beam | 29.6 ft (9.0 m) |
Depth | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
Ice class | N/A |
Installed power | 162 N.H.P. |
Propulsion | Werkspoor oil engine; driving twin screws |
Crew | 28 |
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