Name: | NOREFOS launched as WAR GLADE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/09/1919 |
Completed: | 01/1920 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 214 |
Dimensions: | 3082grt, 1917nrt, 331.7 x 46.7 x 23.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 310nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
01/1920 | Skibs A/S Thor Thoresens Linje, Oslo |
1921 | Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, Oslo; renamed NOREFJORD |
1949 | A/S Ryvarden (FN Nordbo); renamed RYVARDEN |
1954 | Rolf Wigands Rederi, Bergen |
1956 | Halvorsen Shipping Co A/S, Bergen |
1958 | Pan-Norse Steam Ship Co SA (Wallem & Co); renamed NORSE LADY |
22/08/1958 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/09/1919: Launched as WAR GLADE for the British Government |
14/08/1958: Ran aground off Parigi, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia | |
16/08/1958: Captured by rebels, refloated & moved to Belang, North Sulawesi | |
The rebels then beached her at Belang | |
22/08/1958: Set on fire by gunfire from the Indonesian Navy | |
1965: Wreck refloated by Hong Kong purchasers | |
03/1966: Broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Above photo as NOREFJORD is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection
Above photo as NOREFJORD is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection