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Tender "Bengasi"
M/S "Almena" still under Danish Flag - Picture: Nakskov Skibsv«rft
Technical Data
| Shipyard | Nakskov Skibsværft, Denmark |
| In service from/to | Ex Danish Motorship of Shipowners A/S D/S Torm; at Dakar seized by France 1940, 1941 taken over by the KM and reconstructed to a tender. End of May 1942 deployed at Augusta and Pireus. 11.11.1942 sunk by a torpedo of A British Submarine. |
| Displacement | 1567 BRT |
| Length | 86 m |
| Beam | 13 m |
| Draught | ? |
| Propulsion | Dieselmotor 1525 Hp. |
| Shafts/Propellers | 1 |
| Speed | 12,5 kn |
| Complement | 82 |
| Armament | 1 x ital. 7,6 cm Rapid Firing Gun |
| 4 x 20 mm Flak |
Specials
This ship was the former Danish motoship "Almena". She was confiscated by the KM in 1940. Reconstruction was performed until May 1942 at Naples. Thereafter the ship was deployed at Augusta and Pireus. At Pireus she suffered of a braking of the crankshaft in the main engine. Since a repair was not possible at Pireus she was sailed back to Augusta. During a supply-voyage for the submarines from La Spezia to Cagliari/Sardinia she was sunk by a torpedo-hit from the British submarine "Safari" off Sardinia on 11.11.1942.