T/S Hedrun

Other names
ex Hjalmar Blomberg
Call sign
SMFA
Class
LR100A1 Shelter deck with freeboard
Shipping company
Nationality
Sweden flaggSweden
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1920
Yard number
5
Month of delivery
September

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 16.8.1940
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
2.325
Net tonnage:
1.311
Deadweight:
4.550

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 252
Speed:
10,8

Dimensions

Length:
317.5'
Beam:
44.9'
Draft:
19.4'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    9/1920: Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea( Hans Ericson) Stockholm, Sverige  - HJALMAR BLOMBERG
    4/1921: Omdøpt - HEDRUN
    /1935: Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea, Stockholm - HEDRUN
    8/1940: Torpedert og senket 16/8-1940 i pos 57.10', W 16.37' av tysk ubåt U-48 (Kapitän zur See Hans Rudolf Rösing )på reise  Swansea via  Newport, Mon. Uk. til Rhode Island med 3009 tonn kull. 8 personer omkom og 21 personer reddet.

    Maskineri:
    2 stk. Steam turbiner, DR geared to SC. shaft.
    Maskineri bygget ved A.B. de Laval Ångturbin, Stockholm, Sverige.

    Se også:
    http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/463.html



    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 57.166667
    Longitude: -16.616667