M/S Heimvard

Call sign
LCUY LJGN
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port
Enlistment district

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1930
Yard number
Nr 166
Month of delivery
september

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
4.851
Net tonnage:
2.745
Deadweight:
8.800

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
BHK 2900 NHK 581
Built by:
Masch.Augsburg-Nurnburg,Augsburg
Speed:
12,25 knop

Dimensions

Length:
396.9'
Beam:
54.8'
Draft:
25.1'
  • HISTORIKK:

    9/1930 - Klosters Rederi A/S (Lauritz Kloster) Oslo - HEIMVARD
    22.6.1940 - Skipet ble internert i N. Afrika.
    3/1943 - Fri fra internering, i Nortraships flåte igjen.
    1/1950 - Brann i maskinrommet den 29/1 i Mississippi floden på reise fra Barranquilla til New Orleans i ballast.    Kondemnert og solgt.
    5/1950 - Deutsche Dampfschiffahrtsges. Hansa, Bremen - nytt navn - AXENFELS
    12/1961 - Matsukura Shoten K. K. Hirao, Japan for opphugging.
    Ankom Hirao den 24/12-1961.


    Maskineri:
    Diieselmotor, 4-takt/enkltv., 6-sylinder, syl. dim.: 695 x 1.400 mm. Man maskineri bygget ved Kockums mek. Verkstads A/B, Malmö, Sverige.

    Se også:
    http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/heimvard.html