D/S Ekenes (1941-1944)
- Other names
- ex Komet,ex Spyridon,ex Ioannis Carras,ex Southsea,ex Lady Charlotte
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Norway- Home port
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1917
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 4.348
- Net tonnage:
- 2.208
Engine
- Propulsion:
Dimensions
- Length:
- 348.5'
- Beam:
- 49.9'
- Draft:
- 20.2'
HISTORIKK:
v/H.Larsson-Fedde.
10/1917: Redcroft Steam Nav.Co.Ltd (Lewis Lougher & Co) Cardiff, UK - LADY CHARLOTTE
/1919: Cardiff Steam Nav.Co.Ltd (James Muers & Co) Cardiff, UK - SOUTHSEA
/1931: Carras Brothers, Chios, Hellas - IOANNIS CARRAS
/1939: Panaghiotis J. Carras, Chios, Hellas - IOANNIS CARRAS
9/1939: Rekv.av Polske Government og senket i Gdynia,september som blokadeskip. Hevet av tysk bjerger og rep. i København 1940 for eiers regning.
/1940: omdøpt - SPYRIDON
9/1940: Tatt av Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine den 9/4 i Stavanger på reise København til New Orleans i ballast.
/1941: Kriegsmarine - EKENES
/1944: Deutsches Reich (Orion Schiffahrts Ges.) Rostock, Tyskland - KOMET
/1945: Den Norwegian Government, Oslo - EKENES
/1946: Greek Government (Carras Ltd) Chios, Hellas - SPYRIDON I
/1948: Cia.Nav.Irini S.A Carras Ltd) Panama - BELLAVISTA
7/1948: Grunnstøtte ved Foul Craig,Papa Westray,Orkenøyene den 29/7 på reise Narvik til Ardrossan med jernmalm.Se også
http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipse.html#EaWarsailors:
Built 1917.
A visitor to my site, Marek Twardowski, has told me the following re her WW II and post war history:
"The Ekenes is former Greek Ioannis Carras built 1917 by Campbeltown SB as Lady Charlotte. In 1920 she became Southsea, renamed Ioannis Carras in 1930. On 6 September 1939 she was scuttled in Gdynia by Polish Navy as a blockship, raised in October 1939 by Germans, repaired and returned to owners. On 9.04.1940 she collided with a wreck and arrived in Stavanger. Forbidden by the Germans to sail, she was kept there until 15.04.1941, when she was taken over by Kriegsmarine. She was renamed Storhaug by Brødrene Olsen, who either bought her, or just managed the ship on behalf of Kriegsmarine. In September 1941 the Olsens renamed her as Ekenes and operated her until end of 1943. Afterwards she was taken over by Partenreederei "Patria" of Hamburg and renamed Komet.