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This year 1949 built ship at qay at Hurum fabrikker (factory), in the Oslo fjord/Norway. MV "Hamen" has been rescued from scrapping, so far. Enthusiasts are working to bring her more ship shape.
Former name(s):
- Tandik (Until 1963)
- Pompey Power (Until 1960)
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It will be interesting to follow the restoration effort.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4FpWvlZvqA
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Utkilen re-engined her in 1963 with a pair of Wichmann 9ACAT diesels.
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S P Austin merged with William Pickersgill to form Austin & Pickersgill.
Later Austin & Pickersgill set up a joint consultancy venture with Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon, called A & P-Appledore.
Unlike the shipyards in Sunderland and Appledore, which were nationalised in 1977, A&P-A was bought by its management and remained independent, later becoming known as A&P Group.
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M / S "Hamen" has very high conservation value, of criteria such as representativeness, rarity, age, sentimental value and symbolic value.
M / S "Hamen" is very representative of the Norwegian and European shipping in the period between the wars until 1960 to 1970's. "Hamen" sailed north European, Baltic Sea and North Sea shipping from 1949 until 1986, as coal, ore, stone, timber and general cargo. Log books says that some tours also went all the way to Spain.
"Hamen" is now about 65 years old, in ships technological context, a very advanced age, and thus also "Hamen" document shipbuilding technology from 1900 to 1950 vessel is recognizable for thousands of sailors, their families and the shipping industry, and therefore has great sentimental value and symbolic value.
Of the several thousand ships like "Hamen", only a few left in the world, which "Hamen" is the only Norwegian. The others are already museum ship in Europe and the USA, while seafaring nation Norway have not even one such ship in its fleet protected.
“Hamen” has been docked in Hirtshals/Denmark and then “tugged” up to Hurum, near Tofte, in the “mid” Oslofjord where I puctured her August 29th 2014. The Enthusiasts preserving her, has their web on: “Hamen.no” (Sorry for some of the not so good English ways of writing)
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