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CHARLES RACINE

M. TANKER 1937 - 1942

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Buildingyard: Odense Staalskibsvaerft v/ A.P. Möller, Odense

Built year      : 1937

Yard no.        : 068

GRT  : 9957

NRT  : 5943

TDW : 15540

LOA: 156,20

BR   : 20,14

DR   : 8,721

Main engine: 2 x 6-cyl B&W by A/S Burmeister & Wain , Copenhagen

BHP/ SHP   : 5350 bhp

Speed          : 12,00 knots

04.06.1937: Launched as CHARLES RACINE

06.08.1937: Completed. Registreted in Stavanger under Skibsaktieselskapet Snefonn (Sig. Bergesen dy & Co), Stavanger

10.03.1942: Torpedoed and sunk NE of Anguilla in pos 23.10N, 60.28 W by Italian submarine FINZI. On voyage from Bowling and 

                      River of Clyde to Baytown, Texas, in ballast. All crewmembers were saved

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