Technical
general cargo vessel - steam - single screw
triple expansion engine, 472 nhp
2 single ended boilers with superheaters
8 corrugated furnaces
engine by J. Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
5,809 GRT - 5,293 tons under deck and 3,503 tons net
440.5' x 57.5' x holds 27.4' deep - forecastle 38 feet
one deck & shelter deck - 7 cemented bulkheads
fitted with direction finder
cellular double bottom 380 feet 1,616 tons
deep tank aft 28 feet, 1,170 tons
forward peak tank 154 tons
aft peak tank 332 tons
Code letters GKBL
Official number 161540

Pukkastan was stopped at 12:50 CET with two rounds off her bow. At 13:31 CET, after her crew had abandoned her, she was sunk with a torpedo. The entire crew was rescued by the Dutch steamer Bilderdijk.

Thanks to Walter Janssens for extra information on this page.

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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