Motorsailers have a snug sailing rig for their displacement and an inboard engine sufficient to power them in most conditions. They tend to be passage-makers and extended cruisers.
Emigrant steam ship Hellig Olaf
The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others.
Rotterdam MV (1942) On the 27th August 1942 when on route from CURACAO for KEY WEST carrying a cargo of 12000 tons of gasoline she was torpedoed by German submarine U-511 and sunk. 10 crew lost from a total of 51.
SS Coryton. The cargo ship was bombed and damage in the North Sea off the Farne Islands by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached in Budle Bay with the loss of one of her 40 crew
M.S. Prins Frederik Hendrik Oranje Lijn Antonie Veder 1958
"Arlington Court" 1924 Hundido por Torpedos en 1939.
Ardingly. Built. Sunderland
On August 26th, 1940, Filefjell, on a voyage from Abadan to London with 10.405 tons of gasoline, 643 tons diesel oil and 144 tons of fuel oil, encountered the German auxiliary cruiser M/S Pinguin (Ernst Felix Krüder), 200 km south of Madagascar. On August 28th, she was shelled and when one of her tanks was hit, her cargo exploded and within seconds she erupted in flames which could be seen for miles.
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