D/S Grey County

Other names: ex Turkistan, ex War Lark
Call sign: WPJK - LHNT
Shipping company: Willy Gilbert, Bergen
Lorenz Wiese Hansen ,Bergen
Klaus Wiese Hansen, Bergen
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Bergen
Shipyard: Earle`s Ship Building & Engineering Co.Ltd., Hull. UK
Build year: 1918
Yard number: 632
Month of delivery: august
Fleet affiliation: Norsk handelsflåte i nøytral fart 1939-1940
Nortraship 1940-1945
Other: Participant in WW2
Civilian ships

Gross tonnage:: 5.265
Net tonnage:: 3.192
Deadweight:: 8.250
Propulsion:: Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:: IHK 2767
Speed:: 11 knop
Length:: 122,32m
Beam:: 15,95m
Draft:: 8,58m

D/S Grey County Copyright: Ukjent fotograf / Arne Gundersens samling
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HISTORIKK:
v/H.Larsson-Fedde

8/1918: The Shipping Controller (J. H. Welsford & Co. Ltd) Liverpool, UK - WAR LARK
1920: Strick Line Ltd. (F. C. Strick & Co. Ltd) Swansea, UK - WAR LARK
1921: Turkistan S. S. Co. Ltd., Swansea, UK - TURKISTAN
3/1925: D/S A/S Grey County (Willy Gilbert) Bergen - GREY COUNTY
1929: Lorentz W. Hansens Rederi A/S (Lorentz W. Hansen) Bergen - GREY COUNTY
1936: D/S A/S Songa (Klaus Wiese Hansen) Bergen - GREY COUNTY
1940 - 1945: I Nortraships tjeneste.
5/1947: Rederi A/B Svenska Loyd, Gøteborg - TITANIA
4/1951: Rederi A/B Transatlantic, Gøteborg - TOLKEN
12/1951: Rederi A/B Rex (Ragnar Kællstrøm) Stockholm - RESARØ
12/1954: Cia. de Nav. Miramar S. A. (A. Bordonis) Monrovia - GEO WILKA
9/1960: Matsukura Shoten K. K., Hirao, Japan for opphugging.
Ankom Osaka, Japan den 17/9. Påbegynt i oktober 1960.