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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Speybank |
| Owner | Andrew Weir & Co |
| Operator |  Bank Line |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Govan |
| Yard number | 686 |
| Launched | 25 February 1926 |
| Completed | 20 April 1926 |
| Renamed | Doggerbank, 1941 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Captured, 31 January 1941 |
 Germany | |
| Name | Doggerbank |
| Namesake | Dogger Bank |
| In service | 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk by torpedoes, 3 March 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Inverbank-class cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 5,154 GRT, 3,154 NRT |
| Length | 420.3 ft (128.1 m) |
| Beam | 53.9 ft (16.4 m) |
| Draught | 29 ft 2 in (8.9 m) |
| Depth | 26.5 ft (8.1 m) |
| Installed power | 717 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 108 (1943) |
The German ship Doggerbank (Schiff 53) was a UK cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1926, captured by the German Navy in 1941, renamed Doggerbank and converted into an auxiliary minelayer and blockade runner. The German U-Boot U-43 (1939) sank her by mistake in 1943, leading to the deaths of all but one of her 257 passengers and 108 crew.[1]
Doggerbank was built in Scotland in 1926 as Speybank, one of 18 Inverbank-class motor ships for Andrew Weir & Co's Bank Line.[2] She was the first of three Bank Line ships that were called Speybank. The second was built in England in 1962 and sold in 1978.[3] The third was built in 1983 as Okha, bought in 1995 and renamed Speybank, and was still in service in 2009.[4]
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Doggerbank". uboat.net. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Inverbank class cargo (br.)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Speybank". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Swiggum, Susan; Kohli, Marjorie. "Andrew Weir & Co. / Bank Line". TheShipsList. Retrieved 29 April 2022.