SS Maloja (1906)

SS Maloja was a Swiss Cargo ship that was mistakenly sunk by British aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Revellata, Corsica on 7 September 1943 while she was travelling from Lisbon, Portugal to Genoa, Italy while carrying a cargo of 1800 tons of copra oil and 220 tons of bagged copra.[1]

History
Name:
  • Tosto (1906-1932)
  • Panis (1932-1937)
  • Highbury (1937-1938)
  • Nora (1938-1940)
  • Maloja (1940-1943)
Owner: Swiss Shipping Co. Ltd.
Port of registry: Basel, Switzerland
Builder: Austin S. P. & Son Ltd.
Yard number: 236
Launched: 5 June 1906
Completed: July 1906
Acquired: July 1906
Maiden voyage: July 1906
In service: July 1906
Out of service: 7 September 1943
Identification:
  • HBDI
  • Official No.: 2
Fate: Sunk 7 September 1943
General characteristics
Type: Cargo ship
Tonnage: 1,781 GRT
Length: 81.59 metres (267 ft 8 in)
Beam: 11.52 metres (37 ft 10 in)
Depth: 5.28 metres (17 ft 4 in)
Installed power: 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine
Propulsion: Screw propeller
Speed: 9 knots
Crew: 23

Construction

Maloja was built at the Austin S. P. & Son Ltd. shipyard in Sunderland, United Kingdom in June 1906. Where she was launched and completed that same year. The ship was 81.59 metres (267 ft 8 in) long, had a beam of 11.52 metres (37 ft 10 in) and had a depth of 5.28 metres (17 ft 4 in). She was assessed at 1,781 GRT and had 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine driving a single screw propellor. The ship could generate 1200 r.h.p. with a speed of 9 knots.[1]

Sinking

Maloja was travelling from Lisbon, Portugal to Genoa, Italy while carrying a cargo of 1800 tons of copra oil and 220 tons of bagged copra when on 7 September 1943 at 16.15 pm, she was mistakenly attacked by 10 British aircraft with machine guns and torpedoes in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Revellata, Corsica. The ship caught fire after a torpedo hit and sank in 13 minutes with the loss of three of her 23 crew members. The survivors were rescued later that day.[2]

Wreck

The wreck of Maloja lies at (42°50′N 08°11′E).[2]

References
  1. "SS Maloja [+1943]". wrecksite.eu. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "MALOJA". test.swiss-ships.ch. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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