SS Martti Ragnar (1934)

History

Owner:	1903 A/S D/S Norden (P. Brown), Copenhagen 1934 Loviisa Rederi A/B, Loviisa
Builder:	Helsingørs Jernskibs- og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Helsingør, Denmark
Yard number:	97
Acquired:	1934
In service:	August 1903
Out of service:	23 September 1939
Fate:	Sunk by U-4
General characteristics
Displacement:	2.262
Length:	97,87 m
Beam:	13,18 m
Draft:	5,84 m
Propulsion:	triple expansion steam engine
Speed:	8 knots

SS Martti Ragnar was a Finnish steam freighter own by Ragnar Nordström and named after his son Martti-Ragnar Nordström. In 1939, while carrying a cargo of cellulose, sulfite and woodpulp from Kemi to Ellesmere Port in England, she was sunk by U-4 on 22 September in Skagerrak.^[1]

References

↑ Ship Details MARTTI RAGNAR - ubootwaffe.net

MARTTI RAGNAR, 22.09.1939

Coordinates: 58°24′N 8°48′E / 58.400°N 8.800°E / 58.400; 8.800

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1939

Shipwrecks	1 Sep: ORP Mazur 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa, ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem van Ewijck 10 Sep: SS Magdapur, HMS Oxley 13 Sep: Davara, Pluton 14 Sep: Fanad Head, ORP Jaskółka, U-39 16 Sep: Rudyard Kipling 17 Sep: HMS Courageous 18 Sep: ORP Warszawa 20 Sep: U-27 23 Sep: Martti Ragnar 24 Sep: Phryné 29 Sep: HMS Caledonia 30 Sep: ORP Komendant Piłsudski

Other incidents	2 Sep: USS Pigeon 3 Sep: Hannah Böge 4 Sep: Christian Van Doornum 16 Sep: City of Paris 18 Sep: ORP Orzeł (incident) 22 Sep: Martti Ragnar Unknown date: HMS Vanquisher, HMS Walker

1938 1939 1940 August 1939 October 1939

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