MV Merkur
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History | |
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Name | MV Merkur |
Owner | Flensburg Steamship Company (1924-1933) |
Builder | Frederick Krupp AG, Kiel |
Launched | 1924 |
Completed | 1924 |
Fate | Sold to shipbreakers in 1954. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 5,952 tons |
Length | 393.1 ft (119.8 m) |
Beam | 51.9 ft (15.8 m) |
Depth | Draught 25.3 ft (7.7 m) |
Remarks
Oriinally built as the MV Rio Bravo for Flensburg Steamship Company, she worked the South American passenger / cargo market until her owners went into bankruptcy when she was sold to North-German Lloyd (1933-1935) who changed her name to MV Mekur. In 1935 she was sold to Burns Philp & Company.
Merkur was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy on 12 Dec 1942 as a victualling stores and suopply vessel.and operated in North Queensland and New Guinea waters with her civilian crew. She was returned to her owners in 1949.