MT Vardaas (1931)
History | |
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Norway | |
Name | Vardaas |
Owner | Agdesidens Rederi A/S |
Operator | Agdesidens Rederi / Nortraship |
Port of registry | Arendal |
Launched | 1931 |
Fate | Hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-564 on 30 August 1942, and sunk the next day. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Oil tanker |
Tonnage | 12,683 DWT |
MT Vardaas was a Norwegian oil tanker, built in 1931. She could carry 12,683 DWT. Sailing for Arnt J. Mørland's shipping company and Nortraship, while on its way from Cape Town to Trinidad carrying dead freight, the ship was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-564 on 30 August 1942. All crew of 41 escaped in lifeboats and landed in Plymouth Bay, Tobago.[1][2]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Dannevig, Birger (1985). "Innsatsen på havet". In Dannevig, Birger (ed.). Arendalsregionens Krigshistorie (in Norwegian). Kolbjørnsvik: Leif-Tore Langemyr Forlag. ISBN 82-991313-0-8.
- Hegland, Jon Rustung (1976). Krigsseilasen under den allierte offensiv 1942-1945. Nortraships flåte (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Dreyer. ISBN 82-09-01261-4.
Categories:
- 1931 ships
- Maritime incidents in August 1942
- World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
- Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
- Ships of Nortraship
- Tankers of Norway
- Ships built in Kiel
- World War II tankers
- Merchant ship stubs