D/S Thorsdal

Other names
ex Oria
Call sign
MDST
Class
DNV1A1
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port
Enlistment district

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1890
Yard number
161
Month of delivery
Mai

Other

  • Participant in WW1
  • Was sunk:

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
2.200
Net tonnage:
1.364
Deadweight:
3.200

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 203 IHK 630

Dimensions

Length:
280.1'
Beam:
38.8'
Draft:
18.3'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    5/1890: W.S.Bailey,Hull,U.K. - ORIA
    /1897: Bailey & Leetham Ltd.,Hull,U.K. - ORIA
    /1904: T.Wilson,Sons & Co.Ltd.,Hull,U.K. - ORIA
    /1906: A/S Thorsdal v/ J.Johanson & Co, Kristiania - THORSDAL
    4/1916: A/S Thorsdal v/ J.Johanson & Co, Larvik - THORSDAL
    /1917: A/S Thorsdal v/ J.Johanson, Kristiania - THORSDAL
    24.7.1917: Torpedert i pos. N 55.40' W 13.38' av tysk ubåt U44 (Kapitänleutnant Paul Wagenführ) på reise Cathan,N.B. til Ardrossan med trelast

    Skipsfører:
    1916 - P.Th. Pedersen

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin, 3cylindret. diameter 21,8"-35,0"-57,5". Maskineri bygget ved G. Clark & Co., Sunderland, England. Kjeler samme.


    https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/6011.html

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 55.6667
    Longitude: -13.633333