FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name VESTFOLD
Type Whale factory
Yard Number 189
Launched 16/04/1931
Completed 07/1931
Off. Number  
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Co., West Hartlepool
Engine type Q. 16 cyl., aft
GRT 14577
Length (feet) 538.1
Beam (feet) 74.3
First owner Hvalfangers A/S Vestfold (Johan Rasmussen & Co.), Sandefjord
History 1934 Vestfold Whaling Co. Ltd., London
1935 Vestfold Corporation, Panama (Johan Rasmussen & Co.)
Fate 17/01/1943 torpedoed by U.268 in 61.25N 26.12W on passage New York for the Clyde with fuel oil and deck cargo.

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