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Name: HAVBØR
Type: Tanker
Launched: 11/04/1930
Completed: 07/1930
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1372
Dimensions: 7614grt, 4563nrt, 460.5 x 59.5 x 34.1ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (31 x 43in), 1010nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1930 A/S Havbør (P Meyer), Oslo
15/11/1940 Sank
Comments: 15/11/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U65, off W Africa, at 04.24N - 13.46W
On a voyage from Abadan via Freetown to UK ports with crude oil & refined products


Above photo copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum

Above photo copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Per-Erik Johnsen Collection