Altona (1902)

Later names
Conargo (1915)

Builder:
Flensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft
Flensburg, Germany
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1902
Launched:
August 30, 1902
Type:
Freighter
Completed:
October 1902
Fate:
Sunk Apr. 2, 1918.
(Damaged (torpedo) by SMS U-96 (KpLt. Heinrich Jess), torpedoed by U-96 again Apr. 1.)

Location: Irish Sea, 30 miles south of the Calf of Man.
(53.38.N - 04.49.W)

10 crewmen killed, 44 survivors.
(Roll of Honour)
   
Notes:
Seized by the Australian Government at Melbourne, Australia in 1915


Builder's Data
Page published July 17, 2012