Tana
1921 General cargo (steam)
Buildingyard: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd., Jarrow
Built year: 1921
Yard no: 917
Tonnage: GRT: 5535/ NET: 3448/ TDW: 8153
Dims: LOA: 380,4/ BR: 52,2/ DR: 33.6ft
Machinery 1921-1928: 2 steamturbines by shipbuilder. BHP/ IHP: 2500
Machinery 1928-1946: 2 steamturbines by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Ltd.,
Newcastle. BHP/ IHP: 2500
Speed: 11,00 knots
Passengers: 6
Photo: Unknown
WILH. WILHELMSEN's first steam turbine vessel
24.03.1921: Launched
10.10.1921: Completed. Price paid: NOK 1.403.998,39
04.07.1941: Taken over at Safi by the Vichy French whilst on voyage from Liverpool to Panama. Renamed STE. SIMONE
00.11.1942: Taken over by the Germans. Renamed TANA
24.05.1943: Sunk by an Allied airattack off Olbia, Sardinia. Later raised for purpose of salvage.
10.12.1946: Founderd in pos 41.20N, 1057E . Bound for Genoa in tow