GER - YN 236 SS Birkenfels Structural Plans (1909)
Book details
- Title
- GER - YN 236 SS Birkenfels Structural Plans (1909)
- Author
- British Government
- Publication year listed
- 1909
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
- Source record
- View on Archive.org
About this book
GER - YN 236 SS Birkenfels Structural Plans (1909)
Author: Joh C Tecklenborg, Geestemünde, Bremerhaven, Germany
Year: 1909
GER - SS Birkenfels Dry Cargo Ship Ockenfels Type (DDG Hansa) official nr: yard nr: 236 yard: Joh C Tecklenborg, Geestemünde, Bremerhaven, Germany laid down: launched: june 7 1910 completed: july 23 1910 23/7/1910: - Delivered as Birkenfels to Deutschen Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft Hansa (DDG Hansa), Bremen, Germany 20/8/1914: - Confiscated by British Government in port of Capetown, South Africa. Registered for The Admiralty, London. Managed by Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd. Renamed Tandem 1915: - Renamed Polshannon 1919: - Management to Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, part of Royal Dutch Shell 1921: - Sold to Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, renamed Pinna 1922: - Conversion to Tanker 3/2/1942: - I n service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Attacked and badly damaged by Japanese aircraft off Sumatra in the Berhala Strait at position 00°52' S / 104°19' E. 4/2/1942: - Attacked again by Japanese aircraft, caught in a minefield and sunk SS Birkenfels on ddghansa-shipsphotos SS Birkenfels on Wrecksite Structural Plans dated october 18 1909 - incomplete set of drawings - various dates 00 - cover photo + 01 - profile ** 02 - cover sheet midship section * 03 - midship section * * - 1909 ** - o