D/S Frances Massey
- Call sign
- GBDZ
- Class
- Lr100A1 with freeboard
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Great Britain- Home port
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1927
- Yard number
- 277
- Month of delivery
- September
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Torpedoed, 6.6.1940
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 4.212
- Net tonnage:
- 2.538
Engine
- Propulsion:
- Engine size:
- NHK 375
Dimensions
- Length:
- 365.0'
- Beam:
- 51.5'
- Draft:
- 25.1'
HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde.09/1927: Levert som FRANCES MASSEY til W.A. Massey & Sons Ltd., Hull, UK
06/1940: Torpedert og senket 6/6-1940 av tysk ubåt U 48 ( Kapitän zur See Hans Rudolf Rösig) i pos. N 55.33, W 08.26- 14 n.m. NW av Tory Island, Irland. 24 personer omkom.
1 person reddet.
Maskineri:
Dampmaskin 3 cylindere - diam. 25", 41" & 69", 48",
Manskineri bygd ved G. Clark Ltd. Sunderland. UK.
Se også:
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/339.htmlShipwreck location
Latitude: 55
Longitude: -8
