Bitterfeld (1930)

Later Names
Mariso (1940)


Builder:
Friedrick Krupp Germaniawerft A.G.
Kiel, Germany
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1930
Launched:
N/A
Type:
Freighter (Refrigerated)
Completed:
May 1930
Fate:
Sunk Mar. 20, 1943 (torpedo) by U-518 (Kapitänleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann)

Location: South Atlantic, 77 miles ESE of Salvador, Brazil.

2 men lost, 107 survivors make land in lifeboats. 2 men taken prisoner.
(Roll of Honour)


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built)
Length:
477' 6"
Engines:
4 Single reduction geared steam turbines (a)
Beam:
63' 2"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
28' 4" (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
7,659
HP:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
15 knots
   
Notes
(a):
By Blohm + Voss GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.


Owner
As built:
Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt A.G.
(Hamburg-Amerika Line)
Hamburg, Germany
1940:
N.V. Nederlandsche-Indische Maatschappij voor Zeevaart
Batavia, Java
1943:
Royal Netherlands Government
(Netherlands Shipping & Trading Committee Ltd. Managers)


Masters
From
To
Name
N/A
Mar. 20, 1943
Bernard Visser


Ship's History
May 10, 1940:
Seized at Padang, Sumatra by Dutch authorities and renamed Mariso.
   
Dec. 21, 1940:
Damaged by bombs during a German air raid on Liverpool, England. Out of service until
Feb. 1942.



 
 
Page published Aug. 21, 2020