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Name: SVENØR
Type: Tanker
Launched: 05/01/1931
Completed: 02/1931
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1392
Dimensions: 7616grt, 4569nrt, 460.5 x 59.5 x 34.1ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (31 x 43in), 1010nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
02/1931 S Ugelstad's Rederi A/S (S Ugelstad), Oslo
27/03/1942 Sank
Comments: 27/03/1942: Shelled, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U105, 300 miles E of Cape Hatterass
On a voyage from Curacao to Halifax, Nova Scotia with a cargo of furnace oil


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