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SS WINHA (OHXC, LR/IMO ) Valmistunut/completed: 1904.10, England, Hebburn, R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited. Shipyard no. 398.
5 550 dwt, 1 840 HP, 107.08 x 14.92 x 7.00 m.
1904.10: ATLANTIC, Rederi A/B Transatlantic (Lundgren), Göteborg. 1929: Rederi A/B Bore, Göteborg.
1935: WINHA, homeport Brändön huvilakaupunki. O/Y Winha (Antti Wihuri, Eteläranta 8) Helsinki.
1941.7.9: UK Ministry of War Transport captured at Glasgow(?). The WINHA was enroute Salaverry, Peru - Petsamo with sugar cargo. In New York the ship loaded gasoline barrels on deck and almost all the crew run away. Ship left New York 18th May for Petsamo. British Navy forced to proceed to Kirkwall and in September to Glasgow. (Interview of master Ossi Barck, Finnish weekly magazine Seura 1961: 1942.1.8: In Ellesmereport the master Barck was ordered to leave the ship and interned to Man Isle.)
The new managers were Raeburn & Verel, Glasgow. 1944: managers J & J. Denholm.
1944.6.9: WINHA, scuttled at Normandy to form a breakwater for Mulberry Harbour. After the war raised and towed to Troon for demolition.
Convoys of WINHA
All these ships scuttled at Normandy
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ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC

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423 hits

ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC

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420 hits

ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC

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462 hits

ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC

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481 hits

ATLANTIC, Vancouver
ATLANTIC, Vancouver

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496 hits

ATLANTIC, Åhus
ATLANTIC, Åhus

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482 hits

ATLANTIC, Vancouver
ATLANTIC, Vancouver

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491 hits

ATLANTIC, Vancouver
ATLANTIC, Vancouver

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473 hits

ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC

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515 hits

ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC

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506 hits

WINHA
WINHA

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871 hits

WINHA
WINHA

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554 hits

WINHA
WINHA

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520 hits

WINHA
WINHA

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416 hits

Last master
Last master

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448 hits

Last I engineer
Last I engineer

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407 hits

WINHA
WINHA

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553 hits

Edgar Hodges painting
Edgar Hodges painting

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507 hits