SS Nordnorge (1923)
Nordnorge in Bodø in 1928
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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 |
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| Captured: | by the Germans on 7 May 1940 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Royal Navy warships on 10 May 1940 |
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| Beam: | 9 metres (30 ft) |
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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 |
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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.
Nordnorge was ordered by Ofotens Dampskibsselskap to serve the company's Narvik-Trondheim route. She was built at Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted in Trondheim, Norway. She was laid down in September 1922 with yard number 186, and was originally intended to be called Solstrålen, although the name was changed before launch. She was launched on 12 September 1923, and completed on 17 January 1924, being delivered to her owners the next day.Nordnorge was considered a beautiful vessel, and was one of the last of the traditional coastal cargo liners to be built in Norway.
As built she had a tonnage of 873 gross register tons or 448 net register tons, a length on 181 feet (55 m), a depth of 21 ft (6.4 m) and a beam of 9 metres (30 ft). Her 1,000 indicated horsepower triple expansion steam engine propelled her at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She was built with a promenade deck above the main deck, and was divided into three classes. The First Class section was aft, Second Class amidships and Third Class in the bow area. Nordnorge was licensed to carry 270 passengers in coastal traffic.
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