- SS Martti Ragnar (1934)
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Career Owner: 1903 A/S D/S Norden (P. Brown), Copenhagen
1934 Loviisa Rederi A/B, LoviisaBuilder: Helsingörs Jernskibs-og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Helsingör, Denmark Yard number: 97 Acquired: 1934 In service: August 1903 Out of service: 23 September 1939 Fate: Sunk by U-4 General characteristics Displacement: 2.262 Length: 97,87 m Beam: 13,18 m Draft: 5,84 m Propulsion: triple expansion steam engine Speed: 8 knots SS Martti Ragnar was a Finnish steam freighter own by Ragnar Nordström and named after his son Martti-Ragnar Nordström. In 1939, while carrying a cargo of cellulose, sulfite and woodpulp from Kemi to Ellesmere Port in England, she was sunk by U-4 on 22 September in Skagerrak.[1]
References
- ^ Ship Details MARTTI RAGNAR - ubootwaffe.net
Categories:- Merchant ships of Finland
- World War II merchant ships
- Ships sunk by German submarines
- Military history of Finland during World War II
- World War II shipwrecks in the North Sea
- Maritime incidents in 1939
- 1903 ships
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