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Name: VINDEGGEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/05/1921
Completed: 10/1921
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 968
Dimensions: 3124grt, 1868nrt, 330.8 x 46.8 x 23.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 65 x 45ins), 283nhp
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1921 Jens Folkmans Rederi A/S (Jens Folkman), Skien
1935 A/S Vindeggen (Chr. Østberg), Oslo
1939 W Traber & Co, Hamburg; renamed OLGA TRABER
1945 Ministry of Transport (WA Souter & Co Ltd), London
1945 Renamed EMPIRE ORWELL
1946 USSR; renamed POLTAVA
No later history known
Comments: Prior to 1963: Broken up