Loss

Date 6 June 1941

Event ID 639495

Category Documentary Reference

Type Loss

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/639495

(Classified as motor vessel, with cargo of cocoa and ground nuts: date of loss cited as 6 June 1941). Taurus: this vessel was bombed by aircraft, taken in tow, bombed again, and finally sank. (5647/0215?)

Registration: Tonsberg. Built 1935. 4767grt. Length: 122m. Beam: 16m.

(Location of loss cited as N56 49.42 W2 9.42).

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 11 February 1918). Baku Standard (possibly): [no further information].

(Location of loss cited as N56 49.50 W2 12.60).

I G Whittaker 1998.