Name: | NINA BORTHEN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 28/05/1930 |
Completed: | 08/1930 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 1064 |
Dimensions: | 6123grt, 3580nrt, 396.2 x 55.1 x 32.3ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (600 x 1060mm), 583nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
08/1930 | Skibs A/S Motortank (H Borthen & Co), Oslo |
06/10/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U103, 600 miles W of Ireland |
On a voyage from Southampton & Milford Haven to Table Bay & Abadan in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is copyright of the Library of Contemporary History at Stuttgart