SS Stanwood
British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Stanwood was a British collier that was sunk off Falmouth in December 1939 after her cargo of coal caught fire.
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Germany | |
Name | SS Itajahy |
Namesake | Itajaí |
Owner | Hamburg-Sudamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft |
Builder | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg |
Yard number | 459 |
Launched | 27 March 1915 |
Fate | Handed over to UK as war reparations, 1919 |
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Identification | Official number: 143082[1] |
Fate | Sunk, 10 December 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 4,155 GRT |
Length | 110.2 m (361 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 1 × triple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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