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operations and sea carriage of cars, through the NOSAC brand (Norwegian
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Passenger Lists from Den Norske
Amerikalinje (Norwegian America Line)
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Germany in 1940, returned to NAL in 1945. Scrapped 1964.
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Société Nouvelle des Forges et
Chantiers de la Méditerranée
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1158:Norwegian America Line (NAL) History and Ephemera
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1137:The Ships List: Norwegian America Line
114:Passenger's car being loaded onto the
592:Sold to Cunard Line in 1983. Renamed
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1184:Defunct shipping companies of Norway
732:and burnt out 1958. Scrapped 1966.
435:1967. From 1968 onwards sailed for
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382:Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
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1189:Transatlantic shipping companies
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698:Sunk 28 July 1915 by torpedo.
596:in 1999. Sold in 2004, renamed
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104:Norwegian East Africa Line
992:"Norska Amerikalinje A/S"
942:Scandinavian America Line
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1021:"Norwegian-America Line"
874:Hans Christian Henriksen
441:Tenerife, Canary Islands
133:Den Norske Amerikalinje
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18:Den Norske Amerikalinje
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937:Holland America Line
932:Hamburg America Line
769:on October 5, 1942.
632:adding missing items
45:Cargo and passenger
1068:"Bergensfjord 1956"
764:Japanese submarine
209:In service for NAL
165:Leif Höegh & Co
118:in New York in 1962
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1090:www.sjohistorie.no
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990:Asklander, Micke.
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100:Subsidiaries
77:Headquarters
1160:GG Archives
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838:Jebel Ali 2
826:3,787
812:Skiensfjord
756:7,038
752:tanker ship
740:Foldenfjord
722:3,082
692:4,248
688:ocean liner
639:August 2008
611:Other ships
574:Swan Hunter
537:Cunard Line
484:French Line
263:Sunk 1917.
169:Cunard Line
154:East Africa
1168:Categories
1119:2019-06-05
1095:2019-06-05
1035:2008-02-29
1006:2008-02-29
976:2019-06-05
953:References
899:Leif Høegh
844:. Renamed
718:cargo ship
628:incomplete
562:Vistafjord
433:Greek Line
340:Birkenhead
294:Birkenhead
249:Birkenhead
88:Key people
842:Salamah 5
799:215
784:Oslofjord
706:Norefjord
598:Saga Ruby
545:Saga Rose
509:Sagafjord
488:De Grasse
410:Oslofjord
369:Oslofjord
182:in 1995.
171:in 1984.
128:Norwegian
926:See also
897:1948–??
891:1940–48
885:1929–39
872:1948–73
866:1939–48
860:1911–39
846:Al Qasim
820:1958–77
810:MS
782:SS
775:SS
762:Sunk by
738:SS
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674:SS
570:1973–83
535:Sold to
517:1965–83
507:MS
482:Sold to
467:1956–71
456:MS
419:1949–67
408:MS
378:1938–40
367:MS
332:1945–64
286:1913–40
276:SS
241:1913–17
231:SS
212:Shipyard
148:and the
47:shipping
42:Industry
834:Diamant
794:1923–30
748:1921–28
714:1921–49
684:1914–15
665:Tonnage
594:Caronia
385:Germany
330:1917–40
215:Tonnage
72:Defunct
61:Defunct
53:Founded
668:Notes
525:France
218:Notes
146:Norway
817:1958
656:Built
206:Built
186:Ships
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792:1923
789:1923
777:Mari
766:I-25
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681:1911
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203:Ship
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