Name: | RAMFOS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/12/1919 |
Completed: | 05/1920 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 215 |
Dimensions: | 3074grt, 1881nrt, 331.7 x 46.7 x 23.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 310nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/1920 | Skibs A/S Thor Thoresens Linie (Otto & Thor Thoresen), Christiania |
1921 | A/S Den Norske Amerikalinje, Christiania; renamed TYRIFJORD |
19/09/1944 | Beached |
Comments: | 1919: Laid down as WAR DENE, a standard ‘C’ type cargo ship |
19/09/1944: Bombed by British aircraft near Stavenes Light House, | |
south of Floro. Beached near Askvoll and became a total loss | |
On a voyage from Oslo to Kirkenes with a cargo of timber and hay |
Above photo as TYRIFJORD is copyright of Robert Bomans collection