Jan Hendrik
15th September 2005, 12:02
Built 1934 at Odense Staalskibsvaerft, 450 ft in length DWT 9225
5 cyl engine by B and W 5500 h.p. speed 15 knots.
Owner in fact D/S A/S Svendborg, however APM was the Managing Company.
Her short career was caused by a fire in a cargo of copra in the Philippines in 1936, then the damaged ship was sold to Kawasaki Kisen K.K. and refitted as Teruikawa Maru, On 21st Dec 1943 she was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine SKATE north of Hall Island.
copyright Hempel A/S Copenhagen 11/99
artist: John Gardner
5 cyl engine by B and W 5500 h.p. speed 15 knots.
Owner in fact D/S A/S Svendborg, however APM was the Managing Company.
Her short career was caused by a fire in a cargo of copra in the Philippines in 1936, then the damaged ship was sold to Kawasaki Kisen K.K. and refitted as Teruikawa Maru, On 21st Dec 1943 she was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine SKATE north of Hall Island.
copyright Hempel A/S Copenhagen 11/99
artist: John Gardner