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