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Thalia - (1926-1935)
"Thalia" was build in 1926.
"Thalia".
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
THALIA - 1926 DZ 2M (aft) (11)
8,745 GRT or Baltisch-Amerik. Petroleum Import G.m.b.H., Danzig 470.1 x 63.2
Tanker built by Howaldtswerke, Kiel (4) #673
1935 - Panama Transport Co., Panama
Torp. and sunk by U 502, 23 Feb 1942, in 13.00N-70.45W, voy. New York - Aruba, in ballast.
The Miramar Ship Index for "THALIA"
IDNo:
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5606471
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Year:
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1926
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Name:
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THALIA
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Launch Date:
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27.01.1926
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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04.1926
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Flag:
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DZG
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Keel:
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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673
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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143.3
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Country of build:
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GER
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Beam:
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19.3
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Builder:
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Howaldtswerke
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Kiel
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2D-11
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Subsequent History:
1935 to Panama Transport Co., Panama.
Disposal Data:
Toorpedod and sunk 13.00 N / 70.45 W 23.02.1942.
Sisterships are "Calliope" (Ampetco (III)) and "Urania" (Ampetco (II)), simular ships in this group where "Penelope" and "Leda".
Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name: Thalia
Type: Motor tanker
Tonnage: 8.329 tons
Completed: 1926 - Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel
Owner: Panama Transport Co, Panama
Homeport: Panama
Date of attack: 23 Feb, 1942
Nationality: Panaman
Fate: Sunk by U-502 (Jürgen von Rosenstiel)
Position: 13.00N, 70.45W - Grid EC 9153
- See location on a map -
Complement: 41 (1 dead and 40 survivors).
Convoy: -
Route: New York - Hampton Roads - Aruba
Cargo: Ballast
History: -
Notes on loss:
At 10.32 hours on 23 Feb, 1942, U-502 hit the unescorted Thalia with one torpedo after a spread of two torpedoes had missed at
09.37 hours. The tanker did not sink after being hit by two coup de grâce at 10.44 and 11.04 hours, so the U-boat shelled the ship
from 11.54 until 12.33 hours in seven approaches with 103 rounds and left the area after she sank at 13.36 hours.