Hatarana
1919
(Aegir AE-538b)
- Type: General cargo
- Displacement: 7,522 grt / 10,474 dwt
- Dimensions: 461-8 x 58-4 x 26-5 ft.
- Machinery: Steam triple expansion, 700 nhp, twin screw = 11 knots
- Builder: Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe, Japan, 1917
- Service: Built as War Sailor for the Shipping Controller as part of the 'T' class. Owned by Furness Withy & Co in 1918. Acquired by British India in Aug 1919 and renamed Hatarana. Employed on the Far East service either to London or Calcutta depending on the season. Torpedoed 18 Aug 1942 in the North Atlantic by German submarine U-214 while enroute Calcutta-Glasgow.
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