M/S British Columbia Express

Call sign: LJHC
Shipping company: Sigurd Herlofson & Co, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo
Shipyard: Gøtaverken Mek. Verk., Gøteborg, Sverige
Build year: 1936
Yard number: 500
Month of delivery: november
Fleet affiliation: Norsk handelsflåte i nøytral fart 1939-1940
Nortraship 1940-1945
Other: Participant in WW2
Civilian ships

Gross tonnage:: 3.339
Net tonnage:: 1.869
Deadweight:: 4.000
Propulsion:: Gøtaverken
Engine size:: BHK 5200
Speed:: 16,5 knop
Length:: 364.4'
Beam:: 50.3'
Draft:: 21.3'

M/S British Columbia Express - Foto v/ Ole Chr Benestad
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HISTORIKK:
v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

11/1936: Skips A/S Victoria (Sig. Herlofson & Co. A/S) Oslo - BRITISH COLOMBIA EXPRESS
1950: P/R Quadriga (Willy Bruns Gmbh) Hamburg, Tyskland - QUADRIGA
1961: Shanghai Dev. Co. Keelung, Taiwan - CHIAU KUO
1962: Chiau Kuo S. S. Co. Ltd., Keelung, Taiwan - CHIAU KUO
1969: Solgt til opphugging i Taiwan.

Maskineri:
2 stk. dieselmotorer, enkeltvirkende, 2x9 cylindere diam. 900mm. Maskineri bygget ved AB. Gøtaverken, Gøteborg, Sverige.

Se også:
http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/britishcolexpr.html