| History | |
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| Name | |
| Owner | |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | 214 |
| Launched | 11 Sep 1919[2] |
| Completed | Jan 1920 |
| Out of service | 22 August 1958[1] |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Ran aground offSulawesi 14 August 1958; captured byPermesta rebels and beached 16 Aug;[1] shelled byIndonesian Navy 22 August 1958;[1] scrappedKaohsiung, Taiwan, 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | War C |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 3,082 GRT[2] 1,917 NRT[2] |
| Length | 331.7 ft (101.1 m)[2] |
| Beam | 46.7 ft (14.2 m)[2] |
| Draught | 28.1 ft (8.6 m)[2] |
| Propulsion | 1 North Eastern Marine Eng. Co. 3-cylindertriple-expansion steam engine[2] |
SSNorse Lady was acargo ship built byWood, Skinner and Company ofNewcastle upon Tyne to the United Kingdom's standard First World War "War C" design.[1] She traded from 1920 until 1958, in which time she had six successive owners and four different names. In 1958 she ran aground in eastern Indonesia, was captured and beached by rebels, and then set on fire by a naval bombardment.[1] She remained a wreck until 1966, when she was scrapped inTaiwan.
Wood, Skinner and Co laid her down in 1919 asWar Glade,[1] a standard "War" name for ships built under the UK's First World War merchant shipbuilding scheme. However, she was completed in January 1920[1] asNorefos for Skibs Aksjeselskap Thor Thoresens Linje of Norway, who registered her inKristiania.[1] In 1921 she was sold to Den Norske Amerikalinje Aksjeselskap ("Norwegian America Line") who renamed herNorefjord and added her to its Skandinaviske Øst-Afrika Linje ("Scandinavia East Africa Line") fleet. In 1949 she was sold to F.N. Nordbø ofHaugesund, Norway who renamed herRyvarden.[1] She was laid up in Haugesund in 1953 and sold to Rolf Wigands Rederi ofBergen in 1954.[1] Rolf Wigands sold her to Halvorsen Shipping Co of Bergen in 1956.[1] She kept the nameRyvarden until 1958, when Halvorsen sold her to Pan-Norse Steamship Co ofPanama, who renamed herNorse Lady.[1]
On 8 January 1942Norefjord was part ofConvoy HX 169 fromNova Scotiaen route to Great Britain when she collided with the Dutch shipPalembang.[1] Both ships were damaged and returned to port[4] for repairs.Norefjord returned to service by sailing with Convoy HX 175 on 13 February but again she returned to port.[5] On 19 FebruaryNorefjord sailed with Convoy HX-176.[6] This time she successfully completed the voyage, reachingLiverpool, England on 6 March 1942.[6]
On 16 August 1942Norefjord reachedHalifax, Nova Scotia withConvoy BX 33 fromBoston, Massachusetts. Having arrived,Norefjord was inBedford Basin when she collided with the US cargo shipAlcoa Rambler.[7]Norefjord was damaged in the collision and subsequently beached.[1]
Alcoa Rambler had been proceeding seawards, down the fairway, heading south-southeast.[7]Rambler was laden with a cargo of explosives, was being escorted by a naval launch, and bothRambler and her escort were flying the warning flags required under local regulations.[7]Norefjord had been crossing the fairway on an easterly course.[7] It was daylight and the two ships sighted each other at a range of about 1,800 feet (550 m).[7] The basin was congested with other ships, a number of changes of course were required, andNorefjord had repeatedly changed her course further to port before the two ships collided.[7] The case between the owners of the two ships came to court in 1949 and its implications are now referred to in a guide to theInternational Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.[8]
On 14 August 1958Norse Lady was offParigi, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia when she ran aground. On 16 AugustPermesta rebels captured her, refloated her and took her about 600 kilometres (320 nmi) east toBelang[1] in the rebels' heartland inMinahasa,North Sulawesi. The rebels beachedNorse Lady at Belang, but theIndonesian Navy sighted her there on 18 August, shelled her on 22 August and she was burnt out.[1]
In March 1966 Hong Kong purchasers bought her wreck.[1] They sold her to Taiwanese shipbreakers who towedNorse Lady toKaohsiung, Taiwan and scrapped her.[1]
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