Name: | NORFJELL |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 02/12/1941 |
Completed: | 02/1942 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1706 |
Dimensions: | 8129grt, 4631nrt, 12140dwt, 456.9 x 59.4 x 33.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 629nhp; (1947: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 8cyl (26.75 x 47.25ins) |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd; (1947: NV Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
02/1942 | Government of Norway (Den Norske Stat), Oslo |
1946 | Skibs A/S Ringfonn, Stavanger; renamed NORDFONN |
1957 | Mil Tankrederi A/S, Oslo; renamed NORSK JARL |
27/06/1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | 02/12/1941: Launched as EMPIRE SAXON for the Ministry of War Transport |
14/02/1945: Damaged in the engine room by a torpedo from a U-Boat | |
Towed & beached near Tree Roochia in the Kola Inlet. Temporary repair at Murmansk | |
20/10/1945: Left Murmansk under tow for Stavanger & permanent repairs | |
1947: Re-engined by Wilton-Fijenoord at Schiedam | |
27/06/1960: Broken up at Bo'ness by P & W MacLellan |
Above photo as NORDFONN courtesy of Photoship