SS Wahehe (1922)
Wahehe in 1927
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Name |
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Namesake |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Reiherstieg Sw & Mf, Hamburg |
Launched | 1922 |
Completed | August 1922 |
Out of service | 3 February 1941 |
Identification |
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Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-107 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 361.2 ft (110.1 m) |
Beam | 50.3 ft (15.3 m) |
Depth | 23.7 ft (7.2 m) |
Installed power | 336 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Capacity | At least 12 passengers (Wahehe, Empire Citizen) |
Crew | 69 +2 DEMS gunners ("Empire Citizen") |
Wahehe was a 4,690 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1922 as Wadigo by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte und Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg for Woermann Linie AG. She was converted to a refrigerated cargo liner in about 1934.
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Description
The ship was built by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte und Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg.[1] She was laid down as Wadigo and completed in August 1922 as Wahehe.[2] She was named after first the Digo people and then the Hehe people. Both are tribes in Tanganyika Territory, which until 1918 was German East Africa and with which Woermann Linie still traded.
The ship's registered length was 361.2 feet (110.1 m), her beam was 50.3 feet (15.3 m) and her depth was 23.7 feet (7.2 m). Her tonnages were 4,690 GRT and 2,686 NRT.[3]
The ship had a single screw, driven by a quadruple expansion engine rated at 336 NHP[3] that gave her a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h).[2]
History
Wahehe was built for Woermann Linie AG, Hamburg.
In 1934 Wahehe was converted to a refrigerated cargo liner. Now 4,709 GRT, 2,771 NRT, her code letters were replaced with the
On the night of 9/10 February 1940, a night with
On 21 February Wahehe was southeast of
Wahehe was passed to the MoWT and renamed Empire Citizen. She was placed under the management of P Henderson & Co Ltd. Her port of registry was changed to London. She was given the UK official number 167505 and call sign GLCB. Her GRT was recorded as 4,683, with a NRT of 2,736.[14] Empire Citizen was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War.
- OG 33
Convoy OG 33 formed at sea on 9 June 1940, bound for Gibraltar. Empire Citizen was carrying general cargo and was bound for Las Palmas, Spain.[15]
- OB 279
Convoy OB 279 departed
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- ^ a b c "Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "German East Africa Line / Woermann Line (Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie / Deutsche Africa-Linien / Woermann Linie)". The Ships List. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "German Liner at Southampton". The Times. No. 43137. London. 15 September 1922. col B, p. 9.
- ^ "Fog in the Channel". The Times. No. 44750. London. 28 November 1927. col E, p. 14.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 45661. London. 4 November 1930. col B, p. 25.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register, Navires á Vapeur er á Moteurs" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Smith, Gordon, ed. (7 April 2012). "February 1940, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st – Wednesday 14th". Naval Events. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Full Moon Dates for 1940". Past Full Moon Calendar Dates. MoonPhases.info. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Empire Citizen". Uboat. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ a b Smith, Gordon, ed. (7 April 2012). "February 1940, Part 2 of 2, Thursday 15th – Wednesday 29th". Naval Events. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ a b "H.M.S. Kandahar (F28)". Naval History. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "OG Convoys – 1939–1942 Convoy OG 1 through OG 89". Warsailors. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Convoy OB 270". Convoyweb. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Ship Index A–F". Brian Watson. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.