Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      HERTHA
Arrived:30 September 1945
Departed:24 January 1946
Career:German HERTHA built 1905, 1,257 grt, passenger ship. Wrecked 19 January 1947. ID 5602449.
HERTHA was handed to UK at Methil 17 Sep 1945 as War reparations and later passed to Greece as reparations.
Arrived London in tow 25 January 1946 and transferred to Greece, renamed HEIMARA, 6 April 1946.
She was wrecked off Kavaliani Is, Marathon Bay 19 January 1947 on a voyage Thessaloniki-Piraeus.
Western Mail of 27 Sep 1945 reported HERTHA anchored Bridlington Bay 26 Sep 1945 with engine trouble while on passage from Methil Roads to River Blackwater

From Oyster Company ledger:
27 October 1945 Compensation 4 wks 3 days Coast Lines Ltd
- 24 January 1946 Compensation 7 wks 5 days.
Arrived 30 sep 1945 departed 24 Jan 1946 [George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List]

Tonnage:1,221 gross
Built:1905
Type:Cargo ship
ID5604262

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