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Aase Mærsk
History
Denmark
NameAase Mærsk
Owner
Operator
  • Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)
  • CT Bowring & Co (1940–)
Port of registry United Kingdom Belfast (1940)
Builder Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark
Launched25 June 1930
CompletedSeptember 1930
Identification
FateScrapped in 1960
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 6,814  GRT
  • tonnage under deck 5,505
  • 3,641  NRT
Length407.1 feet (124.1 m) p/p
Beam54.9 feet (16.7 m)
Draught26 feet 10+14 inches (8.19 m)
Depth30.4 feet (9.3 m)
Installed power489 NHP
Propulsion6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems
wireless direction finding

MV Aase Maersk or Aase Mærsk was a Danish 6,184  GRT oil tanker. Odense Steel Shipyard of Odense built her in 1930 for A. P. Moller of Copenhagen. She was a motor ship, powered by a Burmeister & Wain six-cylinder four-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine developing 489 NHP. [1]

Second World War

In the Second World War the UK Ministry of War Transport took her over and appointed C.T. Bowring & Co to manage her. [1] She served with the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Navy. The Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Geelong collided with her on 11 November 1942. Aase Mærsk was returned to her owners in 1945.

Fate

Aase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

References

  • Wilson, Michael (1999). Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services. Vol. Profile No. 4 (Revised ed.). Marrickville: Topmill Pty Ltd. ISBN  978-1-876270-72-8.[ page needed]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aase Mærsk
History
Denmark
NameAase Mærsk
Owner
Operator
  • Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)
  • CT Bowring & Co (1940–)
Port of registry United Kingdom Belfast (1940)
Builder Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark
Launched25 June 1930
CompletedSeptember 1930
Identification
FateScrapped in 1960
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 6,814  GRT
  • tonnage under deck 5,505
  • 3,641  NRT
Length407.1 feet (124.1 m) p/p
Beam54.9 feet (16.7 m)
Draught26 feet 10+14 inches (8.19 m)
Depth30.4 feet (9.3 m)
Installed power489 NHP
Propulsion6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems
wireless direction finding

MV Aase Maersk or Aase Mærsk was a Danish 6,184  GRT oil tanker. Odense Steel Shipyard of Odense built her in 1930 for A. P. Moller of Copenhagen. She was a motor ship, powered by a Burmeister & Wain six-cylinder four-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine developing 489 NHP. [1]

Second World War

In the Second World War the UK Ministry of War Transport took her over and appointed C.T. Bowring & Co to manage her. [1] She served with the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Navy. The Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Geelong collided with her on 11 November 1942. Aase Mærsk was returned to her owners in 1945.

Fate

Aase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

References

  • Wilson, Michael (1999). Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services. Vol. Profile No. 4 (Revised ed.). Marrickville: Topmill Pty Ltd. ISBN  978-1-876270-72-8.[ page needed]

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