PRINS WILLEM IV (1940, Ocean Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PRINS WILLEM IV
Also known as:
SPERRBRECHER 179; CITTA DI BEITUT
Year of Build:
1940
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Giessendam, Netherlands
Vessel Type:
Ocean Freighter
Note: General cargo
Additional vessel types:
Naval Vessel
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
IHC Merwede Scheepswerf-Hardinxveld
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Italy
Date:
1974
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

IMO 3 5285253

1940 Launched May 3

1941 Completed November 11

1943 Seized by Germany for Navy; renamed SPERRBRECHER 179

1945 Bombed at Hamburg, Germany in May

1946 Renamed PRINS WILLEM IV

1966 Renamed CITTA DI BEITUT

1974 Scrapped in Italy

Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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