M/T Harry G. Seidel

Call sign
HPFO
Nationality
Panama flaggPanama
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1930
Month of delivery
oktober

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 29.4.1942
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
10.354
Net tonnage:
6.315

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 997

Dimensions

Length:
513.2'
Beam:
8.1'
Draft:
39.4'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    10/1930: Baltisch-Amerik. Petroleum Import Gmbh (Waried Tankschiff Rhederei Gmbh) Danzig - HARRY G. SEIDEL
    /1935: Panama Transport Co (Waried Tankschiff Rhederei GmbH) Panama - HARRY G. SEIDEL
    /1937: Panama Transport Co (Standard Oil Co) Panama - HARRY G. SEIDEL
    4/1942: Torpedert og senket 29/4 av tysk ubåt U 66 (Fregattenkapitän Richard Zapp) i pos. N 11.50', W 62.50' på reise Aruba til Caripito, Venezuela i ballast. 2 personer omkom, 48 reddet.

    Se også:
    https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1574.html

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 11.833333
    Longitude: -62.833333