ARUBA

Built 1916
Type Cargo Ship
Tonnages 1159 grt, 674 nrt
Dimensions 230.5 x 34.2 x 13.0 ft
Shipbuilder (yard number) Wilton's Engineering & Slipway Company, Rotterdam (275)
Engine builder Wilton's Engineering & Slipway Company, Rotterdam
Engine T3cyl (16.5, 25.5, 41 x 36in), 120 nhp
O.N. 161043
Owners 1916 Holland Gulf Stoomvaart Maats. (Jos. de Poorter), Rotterdam as LAURA
  1919 M. J. van der Eb & Dresselhuys Scheepvaart Maats., Rotterdam; renamed MONT CERVIN
  1921 Scheep. Maats. 'Oranje Nassau' (Th. van Slooten), Rotterdam;  renamed GRAAF HENDRIK
  1922 Union Maritime Belge Deuxieme Auxiliaire, Antwerp; renamed NIEUWCAPELLE
  1929 Hook S.S. Co. Ltd. (Goole & Hull Steam Towing Co Ltd.), Goole; renamed ARUBA
   
Fate

19/11/1941 sunk by E-boat S.105 in 52.51N 02.07E while on a voyage Blyth for Cowes with coal. One gunner lost.

 

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