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Description:
Ex RIVER PLATE (07/3660)
Subsequent History:
13 BJORNEFJORD - 26 BALTO - 33 LOUISE MOLLER
Disposal Data:
sm/t (U-178) 30.50S/35.54E 13.11.42 [Durban-Mombasa, coal]
Photo was taken in 1928
from my family's photo collection
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History of the ship:
1907: built by J.L. Thompson & sons, Sunderland as River Plate for River Plate SS Co. (A. Low, Son & co. mgrs.), London. 1913: sold to Johan Ludwig Mowinckel & son, Bergen and renamed Bjornefjord.1927: sold to A/S Stolt-Nielsen's Rederi (B. Stolt-Neielsen: sold to L.B. Moller (Moller & Co.), Shanghai and renamed Louise Moller. 1935: owners became N.E.A. Moller (same managers) 1936: ownerd became Moller Line Ltd. (Moller's Ltf. managers), Shanghai. 1942: 13th november torpedoed by U178 on a voyage from Durban to Mombasa with coal. A photo of this ship can also be found in: L.M. Bjorkelund and E. H. Kongshavn, Vare Gamle skip, Haugesund 1996, page 359.
Regards,
Kees (member of the Norsk Skipsfartshistorisk Selskap
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Thanks adenanthos
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