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Name: HINDANGER
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/07/1929
Completed: 10/1929
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1050
Dimensions: 4884grt, 3005nrt, 398.0 x 54.7 x 26.1ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, 6cyl (23.25 x 43.25ins) , 624nhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1929 Westfal-Larsen & Co A/S, Bergen
11/09/1942 Sank
Comments: 11/09/1942: Torpedoed by U-Boat U584, 940 miles WxN of St John's, Nfl
On a voyage from Liverpool to New York in ballast
She was scuttled by HMCS AMETHYST


Above photo is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost Collection