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Ship Report for "HARPORT"
IDNo:
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1125644
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Year:
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1907
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Name:
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HARPORT
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Launch Date:
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08.10.1907
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Type:
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Cargo ship
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Date of completion:
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11.1907
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Flag:
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GBR
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Keel:
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DWT:
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5335
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Yard No:
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404
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Length overall:
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112.8
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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112.5
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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15.3
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Builder:
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Readhead
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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South Shields
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-9
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Owner as Completed:
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J.& C.Harrison Ltd., London
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Subsequent History:
[ 1912 converted to tanker, 5294 grt ] -
1914 DAYTON - 1925 OLYMPIC
Disposal Data:
Torpedoed and sunk 36.01 N / 75.30 W 0n 22.01.1942 ( all hands lost )
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Name change
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Main Owner
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125644
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1125644
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1907
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HARPORT
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3986
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J.& C. Harrison
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213095
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1125644
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1907
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DAYTON
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5294
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1914
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Standard Oil Co NJ.
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213095
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1125644
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1907
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OLYMPIC
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5294
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1925
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Olympic SS Co.
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Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
HARPORT - 1907 BR, 1T , (9)
3,986 GRT for J. & C. Harrison, Ltd., London, 370.0 x 50.1
Cargo built by J. Readhead & Son, So. Shields, (11), #404, 125644
1912 - Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges., Hamburg, converted to tanker 5,294 grt, GE
At Pisagua, August 1914, subsequently transferred to U.S. flag
1914 - DAYTON, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Bayonne, N.J., US, 213095
1923 - J. M. Botts, New York
1925 - OLYMPIC, Olympic SS. Co., Inc., Seattle / Los Angeles
1940 - Petroleum Heat & Power Co., Los Angeles (New York)
1941 - Cia. International de Vapores S.A. & Cia. General de Vapores, S.A. (S. S. Niarchos), Panama, PA
Torpedoed and sunk by U 130, 22 Jan 1942, in 36.01 N - 75.30 W, voyage Curaçao - Baltimore,
crude oil (lost with all hands - posted missing)
Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name
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Olympic
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Type:
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Steam tanker
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Tonnage
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5,335 tons
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Completed
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1907 - J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields
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Owner
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Olympic SS Co Ltd, San Francisco CA
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Homeport
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Panama
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Date of attack
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22 Jan 1942
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Nationality: Panaman
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Fate
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Sunk by U-66 ( Richard Zapp)
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Position
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36.01N, 75.30W - Grid DC 1295
- See location on a map -
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Complement
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35 (35 dead - no survivors)
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Convoy
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-
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Route
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Curaçao (13 Jan) - Baltimore
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Cargo
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History
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Built as Harport, 1914 renamed Dayton, 1925 renamed Olympic.
1940 changed US registry to Panama.
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Notes on loss
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At 12.39 hours on 22 Jan, 1942, U-66 fired two stern torpedoes at an unescorted steamer, which broke in two and sank within one minute after being hit twice. The vessel was probably Olympic, which was reported missing after leaving Curaçao.
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