D/S Orfor
- Other names
- ex Romsdalshorn
- Call sign
- LCWI
- Shipping company
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Home port
- Enlistment district
- Build year
- 1921
- Yard number
- 553
- Month of delivery
- august
- Other
- Participant in WW2Torpedoed (14.12.1942)Civilian ships
- Gross tonnage:
- 6.583
- Net tonnage:
- 4.121
- Deadweight:
- 10.880
- Length:
- 420.0'
- Beam:
- 53.9'
- Draft:
- 34.4'
Tonnage
Dimensions
HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde.
8/1921: D/S A/S Britannia(Christiansen & Andersen) Bergen - ROMSDALSHORN
/1922: D/S A/S Britannia(Laur. Christiansen) Bergen - ROMSDALSHORN
2/1923: A/S D/S Romsdalshorn(O. Grolle & I. Hysing Olsen)Bergen - ROMSDALSHORN
/1926: A/S Jacob R. Olsens Rederi(O.Grolle & I.Hysing Olsen)Bergen - ROMSDALSHORN
/1937: The Steamship Co.Cosmopolite Ltd.A/S( Johan Gran)Bergen - ORFOR
/1938: H.M. Thomson, London, U.K. - ORFOR
12/1942: Torpedert og senket 14/12 av tysk ubåt U 105 (Kapitänleutnant Jürgen Nissen) i pos. N 16.00', W 50.00'- NE av Barbados på reise Calcutta til Ciudad Trujillo. 22 personer omkom.
Maskineri:
Dampmaskin - 3 cylindere diam. 27.0', 44.5' - 75.0'.
Maskineri bygget ved W.M. Doxford, Sunderland,UK.
Se også:
https://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2513.html
Shipwreck location
- Latitude:
- 16
- Longitude:
- -50
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