D/S Vestfold IX

Other names
ex Vikingen VII
Call sign
HPEB
Nationality
Panama flaggPanama
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1936
Yard number
1010
Month of delivery
august

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship, Navy ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
355
Net tonnage:
128

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 103

Dimensions

Length:
134.7'
Beam:
26.2'
Draft:
14.7'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    8/1936: Viking Corporation (Johan Rasmussen & Co., Sandefjord) Panama - VIKINGEN VII
    /1939: Vestfold Corp. (Johan Rasmussen & Co., Sandefjord) Panama - VESTFOLD IX
    /1940: Vestfold Corp., Panama - VESTFOLD IX
    /1941: Rekv. av The Royal Navy, U.K. - VESTFOLD IX
    1/1942: Overført The South African Navy  (T-62) - VEREENIGING
    3/1945: Vestfold Corp., Panama - VESTFOLD IX
    10/1945: Nederl. Maats voor de Walvischvaart NV (Vinke & Co) Amsterdam -  VESTFOLD IX
    4/1946: Omdøpt - ROBERT W. VINKE
    /1957: I opplag i Cape Town.
    4/1959: South African Metal & Machinery Pty. Ltd., Cape Town for opphugging.
    Opphugget 9/10-1959

    Sources

    http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/vestfold.html