MS Oslofjord (1937)

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History
Norway
Name	Oslofjord
Operator	Norwegian America Line
Port of registry	Oslo
Builder	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Bremen
Laid down	15 May 1936
Launched	29 December 1937
Acquired	May 1938
Fate	Sunk 1941
General characteristics
Tonnage	18,673 GRT
Length	179.20 m (587 ft 11 in)
Beam	22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Draught	10.40 m (34 ft 1 in)
Installed power	2 x MAN diesel engines
Capacity	860 passengers

MS Oslofjord was an ocean liner built in 1938 by A/G Weser Shipbuilders, Bremen, Germany, for Norwegian America Line. She was of 18,673 gross register tons and could carry 860 passengers. She would have an uneventful career until 1939 were two separate incidents happened. One from 27 April 1939, where she collided with the American an pilot boat, and another where she struck a mine sinking her.