D/S Solon II

Other names: Solon til 1940
Call sign: LRXB
Class: +100A1 with freeboard
Shipping company: Ministry of War Transport on bare boat charter from W.S.A. v/ Counties Ship Managment
Ministry of War Transport, U.K.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Home port: Swansea, Wales, Uk
Shipyard: William Gray & Co.Ltd., West Hartlepool. UK.
Build year: 1925
Yard number: 972
Month of delivery: Oktober
Other: Participant in WW2
Civilian ships

Gross tonnage:: 4.651
Net tonnage:: 2.741
Propulsion:: Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:: 439 NHP
Speed:: 12
Length:: 400.3'
Beam:: 53.2'
Draft:: 25.1'

Historikk:
v/Einar Ottarsen Onsøien

10.1925: Levert til Cie de Nav d'Orbigny, La Rochellen Frankrige - SOLON
17.07.1940: Overtatt av Ministry of War Transport (T&J Brocklebank Ltd), Swansea, GBR - SOLON II
3.12.1942: På reise Iskenderun, Tyrkia-Baltimore via Cape med copper og manganese ore, torpedert av U-508 (75 omkomne ) i ps 7.45N/56.30W.

Maskineri:
Triple dampmaskin, 3 cylindere diam. 26", 43" & 71" - 48". Maskineri bygget ved Cen. Mar. Engine Works, W. Hatlepool, Uk.

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https://southampton.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?ENTRY=solon+ii+%3A+lloyd%27s+register+of+ships&ENTRY_NAME=BS&ENTRY_TYPE=K&SEARCH_FORM=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fspydus.exe%2FMSGTRN%2FOPAC%2FBSEARCH%3FHOMEPRMS%3DBSEARCHPARAMS&SORTS=SQL_REL_BIB&CF=GEN&ISGLB=0&GQ=solon+ii+%3A+lloyd%27s+register+of+ships

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