SS Antilla (or "ES Antilla", with "ES" standing for "Elektroschiff" ) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was launched in 1939[1] and scuttled in 1940.
Antilla was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly; Antilla is a city in Holguín Province in eastern Cuba.
Building
Antilla was launched in Hamburg on 21 March 1939 and completed on 11 July.[3] She was one of three sister ships launched in 1939 for HAPAG. She and her sister SS Orizaba (1939) were built by Deutsche Werft in Finkenwerder, Hamburg,[1][4]