D/T Sarita

Other names: ex Melania
Call sign: LDOY - WQLD
Shipping company: A/S Uglands Rederi, Grimstad
J. M. Ugland, Grimstad
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Grimstad
Enlistment district: Grimstad
Shipyard: Craig, Taylor Co. Ltd., Stockton on Tees, UK
Build year: 1914
Yard number: 161
Month of delivery: mai
Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945: Torpedert
Fleet affiliation: Norsk handelsflåte i nøytral fart 1939-1940
Nortraship 1940-1945
Other: Participant in WW1
Participant in WW2
Torpedoed (14.7.1940)
Civilian ships

Gross tonnage:: 5.824
Net tonnage:: 3.437
Deadweight:: 8.300
Propulsion:: Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:: NHK 515
Speed:: 10 knop
Length:: 412´0
Beam:: 53´3
Draft:: 31´1

HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde

5/1914: Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London, U.K. - MELANIA
7/1930: A/S Uglands Rederi (J. M. Ugland) Grimstad - D/T SARITA
1936: Skibs A/S Uglands Rederi (J. M. Ugland) Grimstad - D/T SARITA
4/1940: I Nortraship tjeneste.
7/1940: Torpedert 14/7 og synker i pos. N 15.22', W 26.23' av tysk ubåt U-A (Fregattenkapitän Hans Cohausz) 120 n. m. SW av St. Vincent på reise til Trinidad i ballast.

Maskineri:
Triple dampmaskin 3 cylindere diam. 27.0"-45.0"-74.0". Maskineri bygget ved North Eastern Marine Engine Co. Ltd. Sunderland, England.

Se også:
http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/sarita.html