SS Ganter

History
Name
  • Ganter (1927–39)
  • Transporter RO 29 (1939–45)
  • Empire Consistance (1945–51)
  • Jan Willem (1950–51)
  • Maria (1951)
  • Dagny (1951–67)
Owner
  • Norddeutscher Lloyd (1927–45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945–50)
  • Dutch Government (1950–51)
  • H P C Schram (1951)
  • Reederi Ab Sally (1951–67)
Operator
  • Norddeutscher Lloyd (1927–33)
  • Argo Reederei AG (1933–36)
  • Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co (1936–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–45)
  • Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd (1945–48)
  • Glen & Co Ltd (1948–50)
  • Dutch Government (1950–51)
  • H P C Schram (1951)
  • Algot Johannson (1951–61)
  • Reederi Ab Sally (1961–67)
Port of registry
  • Weimar Republic Bremen (1927–33)
  • Nazi Germany Bremen (1933–39)
  • Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine (1939–45)
  • United Kingdom London (1945–50)
  • Netherlands Den Haag (1950–51)
  • Netherlands Ridderkerk (1951)
  • Finland Mariehamn (1951–67)
BuilderG Seebeck AG
Yard number464
Launched1927
CompletedOctober 1927
Out of service1 April 1967
Identification
  • Code Letters QMGK (1927–34)
  • Code Letters DOGV (1934–45)
  • Code Letters GFGH (1945–51)
  • Code Letters OFRC (1951–67)
  • United Kingdom Official Number 180581 (1945–50)
  • Finnish Official Number 948 (1951–67)
FateSank
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length276 ft 9 in (84.35 m)
Beam42 ft 1 in (12.83 m)
Draught17 feet 3 inches (5.26 m)
Depth14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Ice class1A (1962–67)
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine
PropulsionScrew propeller
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)

Ganter was a 1,771 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1927 by G Seebeck AG, Bremerhaven, Germany for German owners. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War and operated as Transporter RO 29, she was seized by the Allies in May 1945. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Consistance, being sold into merchant service in 1948. In 1950, she was sold to the Dutch government and renamed Jan Willem and then sold and renamed Maria in 1951. She was sold to Finnish owners later that year and being renamed Dagny. She served until she was scrapped in 1967.