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Pollux (ID 2573)



Call sign (1913):
Pup - Quack - King - George
Freighter:

  • The first Pollux was built in 1909 by Werf voorheen Rijkee and Co. N. V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Launched 31 March 1909
  • Acquired by the Navy 20 March 1918
  • Commissioned USS Pollux (ID 2573), 3 April 1918 at Key West, FL
  • Returned to the United States Shipping Board 24 April 1918
  • Returned to her owners, the Royal Dutch Steamboat Company NV, Amsterdam, Holland in 1919
  • Acquired in 1931 by Union Maritime SA of Rouen, France and renamed Tabarka
  • Acquired by Great Britain in July 1940
  • Scuttled as a block ship 23 March 1941 at Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow, Scotland
  • Refloated in 1944 and moved to Burra Sound, Orkney Islands, Scotland and resunk
  • Raised in 1947 and scrapped at Metal Industries, Rosyth, Scotland.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 3,940 t.
  • Length 326' 9"
  • Beam 44' 1"
  • Draft 18'
  • Speed 9 kts.
  • Complement 70
  • Propulsion: Two single ended and one auxiliary boiler, one 1,200hp (Werkspoor, Amsterdam, Netherlands) vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Pollux 51k Royal Netherlandsche-Steamboat Society photo from Shipscribe.com Robert Hurst
    Pollux 104k Loading pulp wood on the St. Mary’s River at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia in September 1940 Sandy Anderson
    Photo added 14 November 2020
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