| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Namesake | Tanais (1935–1944) |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | John Blumer & Co, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 193 |
| Launched | 14 December 1906 |
| Completed | January 1907 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 9 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 1,545 GRT 965 NRT |
| Length | 244.4 ft (74.5 m) |
| Beam | 38.0 ft (11.6 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 7 in (5.05 m) |
| Depth | 15.8 ft (4.8 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 214 NHP |
| Propulsion | 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew | 12 + 14 anti-aircraft gunners |
SS Tanais (Greek: Τάναϊς), mistakenly referred to as Danae or Danais (Δανάη / Δαναΐς), was a British-built, Greek-owned cargo ship that German occupational forces in Greece requisitioned in World War II. On 9 June 1944, Royal Navy submarine HMS Vivid sank her off Heraklion, Crete, with Tanais sinking in just 12 seconds. Almost everyone onboard died, including hundreds of deported Cretan Jews and Christians and Italian prisoners of war who were onboard. Sources differ as to the number of people who died in the sinking; estimates vary between 425 and 1,000.[1]
- ^ Spector, Shmuel (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. Vol. I: A–J. Yad Vashem; New York University Press. p. 282. ISBN 0814793762.