History of Tabarka

Built as the SS Pollux for N.V. Koninkl. Nederland. Stoomboot Mij., Amsterdam

March 1918 to 1919 U.S. Gov't. requisition - operated by U.S. Shipping Board under US flag)

1931 taken over by the French Union Maritime Auxiliaire S.A. (Union Maritime S.A.), Rouen & renamed SS Tabarka

1937 sold to (Soc. Anon. de Gérance et d'Armement), Rouen.

July 1940 requisitioned at Falmouth.

1940 Ministry of Shipping (G. Heyn & Sons, Ltd., mgrs.), Belfast - later Watts, Watts & Co., Ltd., mgrs.

1941 sunk as a blockship in Kirk Sound.

1944 Raised and re sunk as a blockship in Burra Sound.

Nationality:	British
Launched:	1949
Commissioned:
Builder:	Lewis John & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
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Type:	Steam trawler
Subtype/class:	Fishing Vessel
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Length Overall:	180.5ft (55m)
Beam:	30.0ft (9.3m)
Draught:	16ft (4.9m)
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Material:
Cause Lost:	Ran aground and started leaking
Date lost:	28/29 March 1969
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Propulsion:	Triple-expansion engine, one boiler, single shaft
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