&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Stockholms_rederi_ab_Svea.gif) Stockholms rederi ab Svea
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden | |
| Name | Vega |
| Owner | Svea |
| Operator | Svea |
| Port of registry | Stockholm, Sweden 5447 |
| Route | Baltic and North Sea |
| Builder | Lindholmens Verkstads AB |
| Cost | SKR 375,000 |
| Yard number | 411 |
| Launched | 18 March 1913 in Gothenburg |
| Completed | April 1913 |
| Out of service | 1954 |
| Captured | 1939 and released |
| Fate | Scrapped Travemünde 22 May 1954 |
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| Operator | Red Cross 1939–1945 |
| Acquired | December 1939 |
| In service | December 1939 – June 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Tonnage | 1,073 GRT |
| Length | 226 ft 4 in (69 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft 1 in (7.6 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m) |
| Installed power | steam engine |
| Propulsion |
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| Capacity | 66,550 cu ft |
| Crew | Maximum of 21 |
SS Vega was owned by Stockholms Rederi AB Svea of Stockholm, a company that had owned steamships since 1886.[1]
Launched in Gothenburg she was delivered in April 1913. Coal fired, her bunkers had capacity for 16 days sailing at 10.6 tons a day. Four hatches, each with a steam winch, with a maximum capacity of a 3-ton lift.[1]: 21
- ^ a b Taylor, Keith (1996). A tribute to the "SS Vega". ISBN 978-0-946806-18-8.