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Narragansett (III) - (1936-1942)
The third "Narragansett" at her launch at the Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany.
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The third "Narragansett" after her launch at the Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany.
( Copyright IWF Wissen und Medien GmbH )
"Narragansett".
The Miramar Ship Index for "NARRAGANSETT"
IDNo:
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1164603
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Year:
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1936
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Name:
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NARRAGANSETT
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Launch Date:
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1936
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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04.1936
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Flag:
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GBR
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Keel:
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Tons:
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10389
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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540
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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149.5
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Country of build:
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DEU
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Beam:
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21.3
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Builder:
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Krupp Germania
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Kiel
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1D-12
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Torpedoed and sunk 34.46 N / 67.40 W on 25.03.1942 ( 49 dead )
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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Change
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Owner
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164603
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1164603
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1936
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NARRAGANSETT
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10389
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-
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British Mexican Petr., Co.
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Additional Information from the Starke & Schell Ships-registers ;
NARRAGANSETT -1936 BR 1M (aft) (12)
10,389 GRT for British Mexican Petroleum Co., Ltd., London 490.4 x 69.9
Tanker build by Frd. Krupp Germaniawerft A.G., Kiel (4) #540 164603
Torpedoed and sunk by U 105, 25 March 1942, in 34.46 N-67.40 W,
voyage Port Arthur - Halifax & U.K., refined products.
Additional Information from U-Boatnet :
Name: Narragansett
Type: Motor tanker
Tonnage: 10.389 tons
Completed: 1936 - Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel
Owner: British Mexican Petroleum Co, London
Homeport: London
Date of attack: 25 Mar, 1942
Nationality: British
Fate: Sunk by U-105 (Heinrich Schuch)
Position: 34.46N, 67.40W - Grid CB 7779
- See location on a map -
Complement: 49 (49 dead - no survivors)
Convoy: -
Route: Port Arthur, Texas - Halifax - UK
Cargo: 14.000 tons of clean petroleum product
History: -
Notes on loss: At 06.09 hours on 25 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Narragansett (Master Michael Blackburn Roberts) was hit in the stern
by one torpedo from U-105 about 400 miles east of Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank burning after a hit with a coup de grâce at 06.18
hours. The master, 42 crew members and six gunners were lost. The tanker had been missed by a spread of three torpedoes at 04.01
hours and a spread of two torpedoes at 04.08 hours.