SS BRITA (SLKM -> OHDX, LR 1144431) Valmistunut/completed: 1907.9.1, Rostock, AG Neptun.
4200 / 4300 (from 1948) dwt, 1200 bhp, 92.00 x 13.35 x 6.25 m. Shipyard no. 264.
1907.9.1: MECKLENBURG, Heinrich Podeus, Wismar, 1913.6.7: Aug.Bolten, Wm.Miller's Nachfolger, Hamburg. 1914.8: Detained in Cartagena for six years. 1920.11.20: MECKLENBURG, The Shipping Controller in Barry (Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, London). 1920: Rondo Steam Shipping Co Ltd (H.H.Pennman) London. 1921: S.H.Biscoe, London. 1922: Mosa Steamship Co Ltd London. 1923.9 - 1926.9 laid up Catania due to engine damage. Towed to Malta. 1927.3.19: MAID OF CORFU, Byron Steamship Co Ltd (M.A.Embiricos) London. Engine repairs completed.
1931: BRITA, homeport Loviisa. Lovisa Rederi A/B. Vendor Westminster Bank Ltd, price 4550 £. 1932.5.30: SUOMI-10 in the fishing register. Fishing mothership at Iceland waters seasons 1932 - 39 and 1947 - 50. 1932.9.10: Loviisan Kalastus O/Y — Lovisa Fiskeri A/B. 1936.5.12: The company merged with Elfvingin Kalastuslaivue Oy - Elfvings Fiskeflotta Ab, the new name Suomen Kalastus Oy — Finska Fiskeri Ab (Fabianink. 29 A), Helsinki. 1937: homeport Hanko. 1940.9.16: all the shares acquired by Ragnar Nordström. Homeport Loviisa. Trading mainly Baltic Sea.
1944.9.3: BRITA, Germans captured at Baltic and proceeded to Emden, later Hamburg. 1944.10.18: FERO, Flensburger Dampfercompagnie, Harald Schuldt & Co KG, Hamburg. 1944.12.31: allied airforce bombing, sunk in Hamburg. 1945: salvaged and laid up in Hamburg.
1946.5.26: FERO, returned to legal owners. Towed to Turku and repairs completed at Valko, Loviisa. 1947.5.14: BRITA, homeport Loviisa. Nationality certificate.
1961.9.15: BRITA, arrived at Brügge for demolition, Brugse Scheepssloperij, price 26500 £.
1940.2.22: lue torpedoinnista, pdf-sivu 23 (245)