D/S John Drayton
- Call sign
- KGGR
- Shipping company
- Nationality
- USA
- Home port
- Build year
- 1942
- Yard number
- 34
- Month of delivery
- September
- Other
- Participant in WW2Torpedoed (21.4.1943)Civilian ships
- Gross tonnage:
- 7.177
- Net tonnage:
- 4.375
- Length:
- 422.8'
- Beam:
- 57.0'
- Draft:
- 34.8'
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HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde
LIBERTY SKIP: Type EC2-S-C1
09/1942: Levert som D/S JOHN DRAYTON til United States War Shipping Adm., Wilmington, USA.
04/1943: Torpedert og senket den 21/4-1943 av Italiensk ubåt LEONARD DA VINCI i posisjon
S 32.10', E 34.50' øst av Durban på reise fra Bahrain til Cape Town, Sør-Afrika i ballast.
Se også:
http://merchantships2.tripod.com/charlie/veerhavendavinci.html
https://samilhistory.com/2017/04/26/the-leonardo-da-vinci-wreaks-havoc-off-south-africas-coastline/
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Shipwreck location
- Latitude:
- -32,1667
- Longitude:
- 34,833
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