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Name: MARICOPA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 27/04/1914
Completed: 16/05/1914
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 836
Dimensions: 6960grt, 5145nrt, 425.2 x 57.0 x 33.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46.75 & 76 x 51ins), 665nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1929: 161287)
History:
05/1914 A/S Tankfart (Wilh Wilhelmsen), Tønsberg
23/08/1929 Falkland Shipowners Ltd (Bruun & von der Lippe), London
23/08/1929 Renamed ANGLO NORSE
20/06/1941 Ministry of War Transport (Chr Salvesen & Co), London
20/06/1941 Renamed EMPIRE NORSE
1946 Falkland Shipowners Ltd, London; renamed ANGLO NORSE
1950 Armement Balenier SA, Port Gentil
1953 Anders Jahre & Co, Sandefjord
1956 Renamed JANINA
18/01/1957 Sank
Comments: 1929: Converted to a whale factory ship
19/08/1941: Damaged in collision with ss LANARK, to Tyne for repairs
31/08/1941: Sank after fire and explosion, whilst under repair on the Tyne
03/09/1941: Raised and repaired
1953: Used as an oil tanker
15/01/1957: Abandoned on fire 34 miles W of Viano do Castelo (Portugal)
On a voyage from Odessa to Turku (Finland) with a cargo of fuel oil
18/01/1957: Sank 78 miles SW of Viano do Castelo


Above photo as MARICOPA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as ANGLO NORSE is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as ANGLO NORSE is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as ANGLO NORSE is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as EMPIRE NORSE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as JANINA is copyright Bjørgulv E Iversen

Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 29/04/1914