Name: | BERGENSFJORD |
Type: | Passenger Liner |
Launched: | 18/07/1955 |
Completed: | 05/1956 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1849 |
Dimensions: | 18739grt, 10047nrt, 4450dwt, 578.3 x 72.2 x 27.6ft (*) |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCDA, 8cyl (720 x 1100mm), 18800bhp |
Engines by: | NV Gebr Stork & Co, Hengelo |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/1956 | Den Norske Amerikalinje - Norwegian America Line, Oslo |
1971 | Cie Générale Transatlantique, Le Havre; renamed DE GRASSE |
1973 | Thoresen & Co & Bruusgaard Kiosterud & Co, Singapore |
1973 | Renamed RASA SAYANG |
1978 | Sunlit Cruises Ltd, Famagusta; renamed GOLDEN MOON |
1980 | Aphrodite Maritime Co, Piraeus; renamed RASA SAYANG |
27/08/1980 | Burned |
Comments: | Provided accommodation for 878 x passengers |
27/08/1980: Caught fire at Perama while refitting for new owners, | |
towed to Kynosoura where she capsized and sank | |
(*) Dimensions are length OA, breadth extreme & summer draft |
Above photo as BERGENSFJORD is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as BERGENSFJORD is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum
Above photo as BERGENSFJORD is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Philipson Studios collection
Above photo showing BERGENSFJORD in dock at Palmers Hebburn is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries
Above photo showing BERGENSFJORD alongside at Wallsend is courtesy of Clyde Ship Society
Above photo as BERGENSFJORD is copyright of Reg Wilson
Above photo as BERGENSFJORD is courtesy of Chris Howell
Above photo as DE GRASSE is copyright of Iain Lovie
Above photo as GOLDEN MOON is courtesy of Clyde Ship Society
Above photo as RASA SAYANG is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as RASA SAYANG is copyright of AirFotos
Above photo as RASA SAYANG is copyright of Antonio Scrimali
Above photo as RASA SAYANG is copyright of PJ Fitzpatrick