SS Haga (1938)

Haga was a 1,258 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1938 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany for German owners. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Consumer. In 1946, she was transferred to the Norwegian Government and renamed Hauknes. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Orm Jarl. In 1958, she was sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Travnik. A further sale in 1965 saw her renamed Komovi. In 1967, she was sold to Greece and renamed Moschoula. She served until 1968 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built in 1938 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg.

The ship was 270 feet 4 inches (82.40 m) long, with a beam of 36 feet 2 inches (11.02 m) and a depth of 12 feet 7 inches (3.84 m). Her draught was 15 feet 3 ¹⁄₂ inches (4.661 m) The ship had a GRT of 1,258 and a NRT of 698. She had a DWT of 1,725.

The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine which had two cylinders of 14 ⁹⁄₁₆ inches (37.0 cm) and two cylinders of 31 ¹⁄₂ inches (80 cm) diameter by 31 ¹⁄₂ inches (80 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft. It could propel the ship at 9 knots (17 km/h).