SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name TORDØNN
Type Whaler
Yard Number 810
Launched 18/06/1925
Completed 07/1925
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 310
Length (feet) 130.5 (137 o.a.)
Beam (feet) 26.1
First owner A/S Odd (Thor Dahl), Sandefjord
   
History 1940 Admiralty requisition as anti-submarine whaler in S. Africa, transferred to S.African Navy 11/1941, no.T.58, later T.458
  27/05/1946 returned to owners
  30/03/1947 Waldemar Skogland, Haugesund
  1949 VARANGIS, Dampskip-A/S Pasvik, Kirkenes and converted to diesel tug with Caterpillar engine.
  1968 EIDSVÆRING, Nils H.Lauritzen, Norway (365grt)
  1975 SJOVARDEN, Harald Kjerringvag, Trondheim
   
Fate 19/08/1981 Scuttled in Trondhjemsfjord

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