AFRICANDER


Default Generic Ship Image
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
--
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo

Historical Narrative





Vessel Name History

AFRICANDER

Mission

No Mission for this vessel

Historical Documents
Name Download

Milestones


Event Date Content
Acquisition
9/11/1941 Italian flag ship seized under executive order
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


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Status Cards



Documents


Date Type Name Download
(No Date) AFRICANDER.pdf Default Generic Download Image

Plans


Date Type Name Download
(No Date) AUSSA.pdf Default Generic Download Image

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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