Nordnorge in Bodø in 1928
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History | |
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Name | Nordnorge |
Namesake | Northern Norway |
Owner | Ofotens Dampskibsselskap |
Port of registry | Narvik |
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Builder | Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted |
Yard number | 186 |
Laid down | September 1922 |
Launched | 12 September 1923 |
Completed | 17 January 1924 |
Acquired | 18 January 1924 |
Identification |
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Captured | by the Germans on 7 May 1940 |
Fate | Sunk by Royal Navy warships on 10 May 1940 |
General characteristics | |
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Tonnage |
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Length |
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Beam | 9 metres (30 ft) |
Depth |
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Installed power | 1,000 indicated horsepower |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Capacity | 270 passengers |
Armament |
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SS Nordnorge was a Norwegian steamship built in 1923–24 by Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted, for the Narvik-based Norwegian shipping company Ofotens Dampskibsselskap. First employed on the company's Narvik-Trondheim route, she was transferred to the longer Hurtigruten route in late 1936. Seized by the Germans following their April 1940 attack on Norway, she was used as covert troop ship and was sunk shortly after delivering her cargo of German troops behind Allied lines on 10 May 1940.
The ship was located in 2021, and was filmed later that year.[1]