MV Wickenburgh

MV Wickenburgh
History
Name	Adler (1938–45) Empire Coningsby (1945–46) Margeca (1946–47) Wickenburgh (1947–63) Nissos Thassos (1963–70) Savilco (1970–84)
Owner	Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co (1938–40) Kriegsmarine (1940–45) Ministry of War Transport (1945) Ministry of Transport (1945–46) Dutch Government (1946–47) Wm H Muller & Co (1947–63) F C Georgopoulos (1963–70) Scandinavia-Baltic-Mediterranean Shipping Co (1970–78) Pythagoras Compagnia Navigacion (1978–84)
Operator	Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co (1938–40) Kriegsmarine (1940–45) General Steam Navigation Co Ltd (1945–46) Wm H Muller & Co NV (1946–63) F C Georgopoulos (1963–70) Scandinavia-Baltic-Mediterranean Shipping Co (1970–78) Pythagoras Compagnia Navigacion (1978–84)
Port of registry	Bremen (1938–40) Kriegsmarine (1940–45) London (1945–46) The Hague (1946–47) Rotterdam (1947–63) Greece (1963–78) Panama City (1978–84)
Builder	Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft
Yard number	369
Launched	1938
Identification	call sign DOTX (1938–45) call sign GNMM (1945–46) UK official number 180702 (1945–46) IMO number: 5407461 ( –1984)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	cargo liner
Tonnage	1,494 GRT (1938–53) 1,420 GRT (1953–84) 702 NRT (1938–53)
Length	249.2 ft (76.0 m)
Beam	39.6 ft (12.1 m)
Depth	12.2 ft (3.7 m)
Decks	1
Installed power	240 NHP (1938–53)
Propulsion	1 × screw propeller 1 × compound steam engine + low-pressure steam turbine (1938–53) 1 × diesel engine (1953–84)
Sensors and processing systems	wireless direction finding echo sounding device
Notes	sister ships: Fasan, Möwe, Habicht, Schwan

Wickenburgh was a cargo liner that was built in 1938 as Adler by Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft, Lübeck for German owners. Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1940, she was seized by the Allies in Vordingborg, Denmark in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Coningsby. In 1946, she was transferred to the Dutch Government and renamed Margeca. In 1947 she was sold into merchant service and renamed Wickenburgh. In 1953 her compound steam engine and low-pressure steam turbine were replaced with a diesel engine, with a reduction in gross register tonnage from 1,494 to 1,420. She was sold to Greek owners in 1963 and renamed Nissos Thassos. In 1970 she was sold to Panamanian owners and renamed Savilco. She was scrapped in 1984.