Mapia (1923)

Builder:
Sir James Lang & Sons
Sunderland, England
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1923
Launched:
June 6, 1921
Type:
Cargo
Completed:
January 1923
Fate:
Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1959.


Owner
Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
(Netherlands Steamship Company)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
479' (a)
Engines:
Triple expansion (a)
Beam:
59'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
N/A
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
9,373
HP:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
12 knots (b)
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Construction notes
(a):
Rebuilt in 1952, diesel engines fitted, length increased to 498' 6".
(b):
15 knots after 1952 rebuild.


Notes
Nov. 17, 1939:
Stopped and searched by the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of
Mozambique, Africa, she was released a short time later because she belonged to a
neutral country.


Builder's Data
Page created Mar. 16, 1939