Nordvest under way
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History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Nakskov Skibsværft A/S, Nakskov |
Yard number | 85 |
Completed | June 1938 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk 23 December 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 4,702 GRT, 2,774 NRT |
Length | 122.3 m (401.4 ft) |
Beam | 17.5 m (57.3 ft) |
Depth | 7.6 m (24.9 ft) |
Decks | 1 + shelter deck |
Installed power | 2,300 bhp (1,715 kW), 808 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Complement | 65 |
Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding |
Alan-A-Dale was a cargo motor ship that was built in Denmark in 1938 as Nordvest (lit.: Northwest). In the Second World War the United States requisitioned her in 1941 and renamed her Alan-A-Dale. In December 1944 she was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of the Netherlands.