SS Mahanada Information Card
Nationality: British
Purpose: Transport
Type: Cargo Ship
Propulsion: Steam Turbine
Date Built: 1914
Launched:
Tonnage: 7181 gross tonnage
Dimensions: 470 feet long x 58 feet wide x 32 feet tall
Material: Steel
Engine: Two Parsons steam turbines SR geared to a single shaft, 1 screw, 2 double boilers and 1 auxiliary boiler and 15 corrugated furnaces.
Power: 729 nominal horsepower
Speed: 12 knots
Cause of Loss: Air Raid
Date Lost: 26-Feb-1941
Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.
Story:
On 26-Feb-1941, as part of the eight ship Convoy OB 290, the SS Mahanada was sunk by a torpedo from a German FW200 Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. In the same attack the Dutch SS Amstelland and SS Beursplein, the Greek SS Kyriakoula and SS Solfering and the British SS Swinburne and SS Llanwern were sunk.
Nationality: British
Purpose: Transport
Type: Cargo Ship
Propulsion: Steam Turbine
Date Built: 1914
Launched:
Tonnage: 7181 gross tonnage
Dimensions: 470 feet long x 58 feet wide x 32 feet tall
Material: Steel
Engine: Two Parsons steam turbines SR geared to a single shaft, 1 screw, 2 double boilers and 1 auxiliary boiler and 15 corrugated furnaces.
Power: 729 nominal horsepower
Speed: 12 knots
Cause of Loss: Air Raid
Date Lost: 26-Feb-1941
Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.
Story:
On 26-Feb-1941, as part of the eight ship Convoy OB 290, the SS Mahanada was sunk by a torpedo from a German FW200 Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. In the same attack the Dutch SS Amstelland and SS Beursplein, the Greek SS Kyriakoula and SS Solfering and the British SS Swinburne and SS Llanwern were sunk.
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