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Name: HVOSLEF
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/03/1927
Completed: 04/1927
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1307
Dimensions: 1630grt, 892nrt, 255.1 x 35.5 x 21.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 56 x 39ins), 314nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1927 A/S Flora (H Staubo & O Ditlev-Simonsen Jr), Oslo
1930 A/S Hav (H Staubo & Co), Oslo
11/03/1942 Sank
Comments: 11/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94 2 miles east of
Fenwick Island at position 38.27N - 74.54W
On a voyage from Sagua, Cuba to Boston with a cargo of sugar


Above photos copyright of Bjørn Milde