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Name: KRONSTAD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/04/1911
Completed: 05/1911
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 168
Dimensions: 2644grt, 1599nrt, 313.0 x 46.5 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 249nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1911 A/S Grefstad & Herlofsens D/S, Arendal
1917 Grefstads Rederi A/S, Arendal
1932 Wallem & Co A/S, Bergen; renamed BREIVIKEN
04/07/1943 Sank
Comments: 04/07/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U178, 230 miles SE of Beira
On a voyage from Durban to Mombasa with a cargo of coal


Above photo as KRONSTAD is copyright of Captain Nicolai Gerners

Above photo as KRONSTAD is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum

Above photo as KRONSTAD is copyright of the Aust-Agder Museum