D/S Montana
- Other names
- ex Paula
- Call sign
- OXRH
- Shipping company
- Nationality
- Panama
- Home port
- Build year
- 1934
- Yard number
- 219
- Month of delivery
- august
- Other
- Participant in WW2Torpedoed (11.9.1941)Civilian ships
- Gross tonnage:
- 1.549
- Net tonnage:
- 884
- Deadweight:
- 2.700
- Length:
- 290.0'
- Beam:
- 39.7'
- Draft:
- 15.3'
Tonnage
Dimensions
Historikk:
08/1934: J. Lauritzens Dampskibsrederi (J. Lauritzen) Esbjerg, Danmark - PAULA.
1938: D/S Vesterhavet (J. Lauritzen) Esbjerg, Danmark - PAULA.
1940: J. Lauritzen, Esbjerg - PAULA.
1941: United States Maritime Commision, Panama - MONTANA.
09/1941: Torpedert (senket) 11/9 av tysk ubåt U 105 (korvettenkapitän Georg Schewe) i pos. N 63.40', W 35.50' ca 330 n.m. NE av Cape Farwell på reise fra Wilmington til Reykjavik med tømmer. Alle 26 personene omkom, derav 5 norske.
Warsailors.com:
«There was a Panamanian steamship by the name Montana during the war (ex Danish Paula), built 1934, 1549 gt - torpedoed and sunk by U-105 (Schewe) on Sept. 11-1941, 400 miles northeast of Cape Farewell on a voyage Wilmington-Reykjavik with lumber».
Hele besetningen omkom.
Sources
Shipwreck location
- Latitude:
- 63.40
- Longitude:
- -35.50
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