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Oranjestad - (1927-1942)
See also : German Records off the Attack on the SS "Oranjestad" & Recovering screw of the SS "Oranjestad", after 67 years
See also : Building & Launch of the SS Oranjestad & Members of the crew who were lost on the SS "Oranjestad", February 16,1942
SS "Oranjestad" as she leaves for sea trials or her trip to Aruba, she is under her own steam
as the smoke from her stack shows.
( Photo National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI))
SS Oranjestad 9.1927 2,395 Gt
16.2.1942: Sunk by submarine (U.156) torpedo while at anchor off San Nicolas, Aruba.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
ORANJESTAD - 1917 BR 2 Triple (aft) (10)
2,396 GRT for Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London 305.7 x 50.2
Tanker built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast (9) #809 149907
1936 - s/o (self-managing)
Torpedoed and sunk by U 156, 16 Feb 1942, at San Nicholas, Aruba (12.25N-69.55W), while anchored.
The Miramar Ship Index for "ORANJESTAD"
IDNo:
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1149907
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Year:
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1927
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Name:
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ORANJESTAD
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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01.09.1927
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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23.09.1927
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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809
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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93.2
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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15.3
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Builder:
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Harland & Wolff
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Belfast
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2T-10
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Torpedoad and sunk by U 156, 16 Feb 1942, at San Nicholas, Aruba (12.25N-69.55W), while anchored.
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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149907
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1149907
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1927
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ORANJESTAD
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2396
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-
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Lago Sg Co.
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Additional information from UBOAT.NET :
Name: Oranjestad
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 2.396 tons
Completed: 1927 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Owner: Lago Shipping Co Ltd (Esso), London
Homeport: London
Date of attack: 16 Feb, 1942 Nationality: British
Fate: Sunk by U-156 (Werner Hartenstein)
Position: 12.25N, 69.55W - Grid EC 9287
- See location on a map -
Complement: 25 (15 dead and 10 survivors).
Convoy: -
Route: -
Cargo: -
History: -
Notes on loss:
On 16 Feb, 1942, U-156 entered the harbour of San Nicholas, Aruba and fired torpedoes on the tankers lying at
anchor. First, the Pedernales was hit at 08.01 hours, three minutes later the Oranjestad and at 09.43
hours the Arkansas at the Eagle Dock.
Ten crew members from the Oranjestad were lost. 14 crew members were rescued by harbour craft.