Wickenburgh
motor ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Wickenburgh
- IMO number
- 5407461
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- motor ship
- Gross tonnage
- 1,391
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 79.7 m
- Beam
- 12.1 m
- Year built
- 1938
- Builder
- Flender Werke
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Wickenburgh
Wickenburgh was a cargo liner that was built in 1938 as Adler by Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft, Lübeck for German owners. Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1940, she was seized by the Allies in Vordingborg, Denmark in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Coningsby. In 1946, she was transferred to the Dutch Government and renamed Margeca. In 1947 she was sold into merchant service and renamed Wickenburgh. In 1953 her compound steam engine and low-pressure steam turbine were replaced with a diesel engine, with a reduction in gross register tonnage from 1,494 to 1,420. She was sold to Greek owners in 1963 and renamed Nissos Thassos. In 1970 she was sold to Panamanian owners and renamed Savilco. She was scrapped in 1984.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wickenburgh now?
- Wickenburgh has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Wickenburgh?
- Wickenburgh is a motor ship, built in 1938 by Flender Werke. The vessel is 79.7 m long with a beam of 12.1 m and has a gross tonnage of 1,391.
- Has Wickenburgh been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Wickenburgh appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).