SS Nordnorge
Two steamships have borne the name
Nordnorge
, after the Norwegian name for
Northern Norway
:
SS
Nordnorge
(1883)
was a 339-ton passenger/cargo ship completed as
Wisingsö
in 1883, by
Motala Verkstad
, Sweden. Torpedoed and sunk off
Honningsvåg
, Norway, on 24 March 1944.
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SS
Nordnorge
(1923)
was a 991-ton passenger/cargo ship launched on 12 September 1923, by
Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted
in
Trondheim
, Norway. Shelled and sunk by warships off
Hemnesberget
on 10 May 1940.
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"Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with N"
. Warsailors
. Retrieved
17 September
2012
.