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Hearts of Oak
Athel Line
Ships
Athelprince
2 ships of this name
1 ATHELPRINCE
GSN
20007799
ON
147356
Built
1926 Furness SB. Co, Haverton Hill-on-Tees.
8782
grt
471ft
3ins x 62ft 5ins
Twin
screw, 10½ knots
"an old ship engaged in the
trans-Atlantic trade, which was fitted out to refuel convoy escorts, while
underway, and also replenish their depth charges".
1940 2304 hrs 11th June, U-46 reported
torpedo hit on Athelprince; damaged position 43.42N 13.20W.
1941 06.27hrs 29th March U-48 attacked convoy HX-115 off Cape
Finisterre - Schultze claimed a tanker sunk. The Athelprince was not, in fact,
hit.
In
June 1942, the Athelprince picked up 23 survivors from the HARDWICKE GRANGE,
which had been sunk by U-129 12th
June north of Puerto Rico, and landed them at Nuevitas, Cuba.
1954
scrapped at Faslane.
Athelprince(1)
Bibliothek fur
Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart
Collection Raul Maya (Montevideo)
http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/bfz/marine/index.htm
2 ATHELPRINCE
GSN
20007800
ON
301321
Callsign
GHXT
Built
1959 by Caledon SB & Eng. Co, Dundee.
For Athel Line Ltd
10,295
grt
496ft
x 69ft 5ins
Twin
screw
1966
transferred to Sugar Line Ltd, renamed SUGAR IMPORTER.
1976
sold to Inter Bulkers Inc, Panama renamed LUCKY IMPORTER.
Later recorded as 11,687 grt
1980 Renamed NIKOLAOS K owned by Nicolaos
Shipping Co, Greece
1983 Renamed BANAHAW owned by breakers Dong Kuk
Steel Mill Co.Ltd.
1983 Broken up
Athelprince(2)
Photograph by
Joe McMillan
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