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Name: NINA BORTHEN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/05/1930
Completed: 08/1930
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 1064
Dimensions: 6123grt, 3580nrt, 396.2 x 55.1 x 32.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (600 x 1060mm), 583nhp
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1930 Skibs A/S Motortank (H Borthen & Co), Oslo
06/10/1940 Sank
Comments: 06/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U103, 600 miles W of Ireland
On a voyage from Southampton & Milford Haven to Table Bay & Abadan in ballast


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is copyright of the Library of Contemporary History at Stuttgart