Eiger
1942
(Carlos Marquadt CM-190)
- Type: Freighter
- Displacement: 4,386 tons
- Dimensions: 410 x 53 x 24 ft.
- Machinery: Steam reciprocating, single screw = 9.5 knots
- Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne,
1929
- Notes: Built as Hadiotis for Kassos Steam Navigation
Co Ltd of Greece. Ran aground near Lisbon on 15 Feb 1941. Wreck bought,
refloated and repaired by Kriegs Transport Amt, Bern; purchase date
30 Dec 1941. One of 14 KTA ships bought and operated by the Swiss to import
necessary foodstuffs and materials, mostly through Lisbon.
Sold 7 Jan 1949 to Swiss Shipping Co, Basel, and renamed Cristallina.
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