SS Norholm
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Norholm was a 9,813 GRT tanker that was built in 1942 as Empire Druid by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, Co Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1942, she was transferred to the Norwegian Government and renamed Norholm. She was sold into merchant service in 1946, and renamed Haukefjell. Fitted with a new engine in 1949, she was sold to Panama in 1952 and renamed Bluewater. She served until 1959, when she was scrapped in Japan.
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Builder | Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd |
Yard number | 738 |
Launched | 10 September 1941 |
Completed | December 1941 |
Maiden voyage | 15 December 1941 |
Out of service | 27 July 1959 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tanker |
Tonnage | |
Length | 484 ft 0 in (147.52 m) |
Beam | 68 ft 3 in (20.80 m) |
Depth | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
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