SS Navemar

History
Name
  • Frogner (1921–27)
  • Cabo Mayor (1927–32)
  • Navemar (1932–42)
Owner
  • Fearnley and Eger (1921–27)
  • Ybarra y Compania (1927–32)
  • Compañía Española de Navegación Marítima (1932–42)
Port of registry
  • Norway (1921–27)
  • Spain / Seville (1927–42)
BuilderArmstrong, Whitworth & Co, Newcastle upon Tyne
Launched14 April 1921
CompletedOctober 1921
Identification
FateSunk by torpedo in the Strait of Gibraltar, 23 January 1942
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
  • 5,473 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 4,937
  • 3,291 NRT
Length407.1 ft (124.1 m) p/p
Beam53.8 ft (16.4 m)
Draught27.9 ft (8.5 m)
Depth30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Installed power548 NHP
Propulsion
Capacity28 passengers
Crew36

SS Navemar was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1921, was Norwegian-owned until 1927 and then Spanish-owned for the rest of her career. An Italian submarine sank her in the Strait of Gibraltar in 1942.

Navemar is notable for a voyage in 1941 in which she carried about 1,120 European Jewish refugees to the United States in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions.[1]

  1. ^ "National Affairs: S.S. NEVERMORE". Time. 22 September 1941. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010.