D/S Romsdalshorn

Call sign
LCJQ LCWI
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port
Enlistment district

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1921
Yard number
553
Month of delivery
August

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
6.583
Net tonnage:
4.121
Deadweight:
10.880

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 577
Speed:
10

Dimensions

Length:
420.0'
Beam:
53.9'
Draft:
34.4'
  • 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.