UK-owned cargo steamship that was sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic
History
United Kingdom
Name
1917: War Sailor
1919: Hatarana
Owner
1917: Furness, Withy & Co
1919: British India SN Co
Port of registry
London
Builder
Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe
Completed
August 1917
Identification
UK official number 140430
until 1933: code letters JRVK
from 1930: call sign GRZW
Fate
sunk by torpedo, 1942
General characteristics
Class and type
T-type cargo ship
Tonnage
7,522 GRT, 4,592 NRT, 10,400 DWT
Length
445.0 ft (135.6 m)
Beam
58.3 ft (17.8 m)
Draught
26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Depth
31.3 ft (9.5 m)
Decks
2
Installed power
659 NHP
Propulsion
2 × triple-expansion engines
2 × screws
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h)
Crew
98 crew plus 10 DEMS gunners
Armament
DEMS in wartime
Notes
sister ship: War Soldier
SS Hatarana was a cargo steamship that was built as part of an emergency shipbuilding programme during the First World War, and sunk without loss of life in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. She was built as War Sailor, one of a batch of cargo ships that the United Kingdom ordered from Japanese shipyards. She was renamed Hatarana in 1919 when she changed owners.
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Global Information
United Kingdom
