Name: | FILEFJELL |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 11/04/1930 |
Completed: | 07/1930 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1425 |
Dimensions: | 7616grt, 4564nrt, 460.5 x 59.5 x 34.1ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (31 x 43ins), 1010nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1930 | A/S Filefjell (Olsen & Ugelstad), Oslo |
27/08/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/08/1940: Captured by the German raider PINGUIN, 250 miles S of Madagascar |
On a voyage from Abadan via Table Bay to the UK with a cargo of avgas | |
27/08/1940: Scuttled in position 30.12S - 47.10E |
Above photo courtesy of Ray Perry
Above photo courtesy of Photoship