SF Hydro
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SF Hydro was a Norwegian steam powered railway ferry that operated in the first half of the 20th century on Lake Tinn in Telemark. It connected with the Rjukan Line and Tinnoset Line, at Mæl and Tinnoset, operating between 1914 and 1944. The combined track and ferry service was primarily used to transport raw materials and fertilizer from Norsk Hydro's factory at Rjukan to the port in Skien. It was the target of a Norwegian operation on 20 February 1944, when resistance fighters sank the ferry in the deepest part of Lake Tinn to prevent Nazi Germany from receiving heavy water.
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Hydro at Mæl in 1925 | |
History | |
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Name | SF Hydro |
Operator | Norsk Transport |
Port of registry | Oslo, Norway |
Route | Tinnsjø railway ferry |
Builder | Akers mek. Verksted, Oslo |
Cost | NOK 334,293 |
Yard number | 374 |
Launched | 10 December 1914 |
Out of service | 20 February 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War II |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 493.60 tonnes |
Length | 53 m (174 ft) |
Beam | 9.6 |
Draft | 3.2 m |
Installed power | 2 × 186 kW steam engines |
Speed | 8 knots |
Capacity | 120 passengers |
Notes | [1] |
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