AFRICANDER
Year Built
1921
Official Number
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Shipyard
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
Foreign
Ship Length
434.00 feet
Beam
53.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
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Gross Tons
5441.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
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Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
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Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
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Acquisition
| 9/11/1941 | Italian flag ship seized under executive order |
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Sunk
| 9/13/1942 | Sunk by German Aircraft while enroute from Loch Ewe, Scotland to Archangel, Russia as port of Convoy PQ-18 |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (No Date) | AFRICANDER.pdf |
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Plans
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (No Date) | AUSSA.pdf |
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Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
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Operator
Waterman Steamship Agency
Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
Panama
Incident Information
Incident Date
September 13, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Attacked by German aircraft while en route from Loch Ewe, Scotland to Archangel, Russia as part of Convoy PQ-18.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Northeast Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
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Incident Location Comments
Approximately 60 miles south of Spitzbergen.
Lives Lost
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