''Mironave'' was a
cargo ship
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that was built as a
passenger ship
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in 1938 by Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG,
Wesermünde
Bremerhaven (, , Low German: ''Bremerhoben'') is a city at the seaport of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
It forms a semi-enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the Rive ...
,
Germany for German owners. In 1940, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine. Seized by the
Allies in 1945, she was passed to the
Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Concave''. In 1946, she was passed to the Norwegian Government and renamed ''Galtnes''. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed ''Ila''. In 1952, she was sold to
Brazil and was renamed ''São Leopoldo''. In 1965, a further sale saw her renamed ''Mironave''. She was still in active service in 1982, when a further sale took place.
Description
The ship was built in 1938 by Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Wesermünde.
The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She had a
gross register tonnage of 1,125 and a
net register tonnage
Net register tonnage (NRT, nrt, n.r.t.) is a ship's cargo volume capacity expressed in "register tons", one of which equals to a volume of . It is calculated by subtracting non-revenue-earning spaces i.e. spaces not available for carrying cargo, ...
of 571.
[
The ship was propelled by a 4-stroke single-cycle double-acting diesel engine, which had 12 cylinders of diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Maschinenfabriek Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, Augsburg. It drove twin screw propellers.][
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History
''Luna'' was built for Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line). She had a passenger certificate. Her port of registry was Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
and the Code Letters
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DOUV were allocated.[ In 1940, ''Luna'' was requisitioned by the ]Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...
.[ In 1942, she is recorded as no longer holding a passenger certificate.]Eckernförde
Eckernförde ( da, Egernførde, sometimes also , nds, Eckernför, sometimes also ) () is a German town in Schleswig-Holstein, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, on the coast of the Baltic Sea approximately 30 km north-west of Kiel. The population is ...
in May 1945 and passed to the MoWT, renamed ''Empire Concave''.[ Her port of registry was changed to London. The Code Letters GFKM and United Kingdom Official Number 180650 were allocated.][ Trondheim]
References
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1938 ships
Ships built in Bremen (state)
Passenger ships of Germany
Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine
Ministry of War Transport ships
Empire ships
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Merchant ships of Norway
Merchant ships of Brazil