''Minna'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1922 by Nylands Verksted, Kristiania,

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for

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owners. In 1934, she was sold and renamed ''Britt''. In 1939, she was captured by the

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and sold to German owners in 1940 and was renamed ''Leba''. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies and passed to the

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(MoWT). She was renamed ''Empire Conavon'' and was sold in 1947 to a British company and was renamed ''Baltkon''. She served until 1959 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built by Nylands Verksted, Kristiana as yard number 261. She was delivered to her owners in March 1922. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She had a GRT of 1,522 and a NRT of 911. The ship was propelled by a

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, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Nylands Verksted.

History

''Minna'' was built for Trelleborgs Ångfartygs Nya AB,

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, which was her port of registry. She was placed under the management of F Malmros. The Swedish

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6735 and Code Letters KDMV were allocated. In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to SFNE. On 2 February 1934, ''Minna'' was sold to Kalmar Rederi AB,

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and was renamed ''Britt''. She was placed under the management of H Jeansson and her port of registry was changed to Kalmar. On 27 November 1937, her port of registry was changed to Stockholm. On 21 December 1939, ''Britt'' was captured by the

. She was on a voyage from Sweden to

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with a cargo of

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. She was taken to

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, where she was registered on 17 May 1940. ''Britt'' was sold to Leth & Co, Hamburg and was renamed ''Leba''. In May 1945, ''Leba'' was seized at

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by the Allies. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Conavon''. ''Empire Conavon'' was operated under the management of Nelkon Steamship Co Ltd,

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. In 1947, she was sold to the Konnel Steamship Co Ltd and was renamed ''Baltkon''. She was operated under the management of John Carlbom & Co Ltd. In 1954, ''Baltkon'' was sold to the Carlbomska Woking Shipping Co Ltd, Hull. She served until 1958 when she was laid up in the River Tyne. In 1959, ''Baltkon'' was sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation (BISCO), and was scrapped at

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References

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