SS Otto Petersen
SS Otto Petersen was one of three ships ordered by the Vendila Steamboat Company (Svendsen & Christensen). The others were E.M. Dalgas and P.N. Damm.[2]
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Otto Petersen |
| Owner: | Vendila Steamboat Company |
| Builder: | Helsingør Vaerft, Helsingør, Denmark |
| Yard number: | 194 |
| Completed: | March 1930 |
| In service: | 1930 |
| Out of service: | 1954 |
| Identification: | Int. radio code: OXXE |
| Fate: | Broken up 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cargo |
| Tonnage: | 2932 GRT; 4965 Ton DW |
| Length: | 99.6 m (327 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.7 m (48 ft) |
| Propulsion: | single screw |
| Speed: | 11 knots |
| Notes: | [1] |
SS Otto Petersen was built at the Elsinor Ironship and Machine Factory, Helsingør, Copenhagen in 1930.[2] Once a significant shipyard that helped boost Denmark into an international maritime nation, Elsinore Shipyard closed in the 80's - a small dry dock remains.[3][4]
Her captain for 24 years, Knud Valdemar Goth (1893 - 1966) joined Vendila around 1920.[2]
SS Otto Petersen was blown in two when a mine went off in Drammen Fiord, Norway on 12 January 1945.[2] She was raised and towed to Nakskov for repairs. In 1954 Otto Petersen was sold to Haverbeck & Skalweit, Chile and renamed Tornagaleones.[2]
Footnotes
- "Search result for "5365144"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- "S/S Otto Petersen". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- "Elsinore (Helsingør)". Brunkman Photography. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- "A New Cultural Powerhouse". Elsinore Municipality. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
