SS Radaas
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| Builder: | J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard number: | 264 |
| Launched: | 17 September 1890 |
| Completed: | December 1890 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk on 21 September 1917 |
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| Class & type: | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage: | 2,524 GRT |
| Length: | 290 ft (88 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Depth: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Installed power: | 234 nhp |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion engine |
SS Radaas was a 2524-ton cargo steamship. She was built by and launched in 1890 as Marstonmoor for Moor Lines. She was sold to a Greek company in 1902 and renamed Athos Romanos, before being sold to Danish interests during the First World War and renamed Radaas. She was sunk by the German submarine UB-40 under the command of Oberleutnant Hans Howaldt on 21 September 1917.[1] She was 18 miles west of Portland Bill en route from Tyne to Bordeaux when the torpedo struck her in the port side.[2] The wreck lies on a sandy bed at a depth of 30 m at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..
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