Flytende hvalkokeri T/S Frango

Other names
ex Golaa
Call sign
LBQR
Class
LR100A1
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1917
Yard number
339
Month of delivery
mai

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
6.400
Net tonnage:
4.547
Deadweight:
9.020

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 624
Built by:
Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Easington, PA
Speed:
9,5 knop

Dimensions

Length:
401.9'
Beam:
54.3'
Draft:
30.2'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    5/1917: D/S A/S Golaa (Fridtj. Siegwarth) Tønsberg - GOLAA
    /1920: D/S A/S Golaa (Carl Wildhagen & Co) Sandefjord - GOLAA
    /1925: D/S A/S Golaa (Carl Wildhagen) Sandefjord - GOLAA
    /1927: Haldor Virik, Sandefjord - FRANGO
    /1928: D/S A/S Frango (Haldor Virik) Sandefjord - FRANGO
    /1929: The American Whaling Co. Inc (A/S Thor Dahl) Wilmington, U.S.A -  FRANGO
    /1930: ny motor: Triple 3 cyl.  NHK 569    
    /1936: American Whaling Co., Wilmington, U.S.A. - FRANGO
    12/1939: Frango Corp., Panama - CLIFFORD
    /1941: Teikoku Senpaku K.K. (The Rising Sun Petroleum Co. Ltd) Tokio - HAKKO MARU
    1/1944: Torpedert og senket 4/1 av amerikansk ubåt USS BLUEFISH i pos. N 07.10' E 108.25' -ca 200 n.m. nord av Great Natuna Isl.


    Maskineri:
    2 stk. Dampturbiner. Maskineri bygget ved Westinghouse Machine Company, East Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 7.166667
    Longitude: 108.416667