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447:. Upon arrival there next day, she had to unload part of her cargo including oil, leather and food supplies deemed to be contraband by the British. She left from Sunderland on 1 May 1915 with only 1,500 tons of cargo. Shortly after 22:00 on May 1, about 135 nautical miles (250 km) east-northeast from the
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In 1913 an
English firm Fearnley & Eger and Wilhelm Wilhelmsen established the "Norwegian Africa and Australia Line" (NAAL). At about the same time the two companies also took over the "Norge Mexico Gulf Linjen" (NMGL) involved in oil and oil products transportation to South America. NMGL ordered
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departed for her next and final voyage from
Kristiania to Boston on February 25, 1915. She carried about 7,000 bales of cellulose, 1,400 bales of tree pulp, 1,800 boxes of canned goods and was not fully loaded. The ship arrived at Boston on March 13, and after unloading left Boston on March 19 for
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was completed for
Wilhelm Wilhelmson for NOK 1,297,000.57 next year. The ship was laid down in 1913 at Sørlandets Skibsbyggeri shipyard in Fevig, launched on 3 September 1914 (yard number 169) and commissioned in October of the same year. As built, the ship was 357 feet 5 inches
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the ship was struck on port side in her engine room by a torpedo. The vessel quickly filled up with water, forcing her
Captain Johan Endresen to order the crew to abandon ship. Three lifeboats were lowered and all 37 crew left the ship.
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which she reached two days later. After taking on cargo, the ship departed for
Kristiania via Gulf ports and Newport News and arrived at her destination on January 29, 1915.
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via Boston and other ports. The ship arrived at Boston on
November 21 and departed the next day for Philadelphia where she arrived two days later. From Philadelphia
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The vessel loaded up cargo, which included among other things granite, at
Stavanger and then Bergen and departed for her maiden voyage on November 3, 1914 for
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departed from
Philadelphia on 28 March 1915 for her final voyage to Bergen with approximately 5,000 tons of general cargo. She had to stop at
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for inspection by the
British authorities and spent 4 days there, departing 16 April 1915 to
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arrived in Havana on
December 4, unloaded her cargo and departed Cuba on December 11 for
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for the Norge Mexico Gulf Linjen. She was ordered by the line before being acquired by
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sank stern first at about 00:50 on May 2 in an approximate position
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was put on the Norway-USA route connecting the East Coast ports of
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Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende, December 14, 1914, p.6
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on November 28 before proceeding to Havana the next day.
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Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende, November 5, 1914, p.7
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Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende, March 24, 1915, p.6
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Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende, March 22, 1915, p.6
685:""America"'s undergang. Maskinmesteren interviewet".
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487:. The torpedo was launched by the German submarine
359:. The vessel had a steel hull, and a single 310
332:) and 48 feet 0 inches (14.63 m)
428:Philadelphia, arriving there three days later.
323:a new ship in 1913 before the acquisition, and
1073:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I
576:Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 1914, p.19
731:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1915
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343:of 27 feet 2 inches (8.28 m).
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302:was a steam cargo ship built in 1914 by the
521:Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motorships
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612:Tønsbergs Blad, December 19, 1914, p.2
585:Tønsbergs Blad, November 28, 1914, p.2
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621:Tønsbergs Blad, January 30, 1915, p.2
239:357 ft 5 in (108.94 m)
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1063:World War I merchant ships of Norway
409:continued on her journey, called at
275:North Eastern Marine Engineering Co.
639:Tønsbergs Blad, March 16, 1915, p.2
630:Aftenposten, February 28, 1915, p.5
247:48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
255:27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
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687:Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende
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538:"Det største norske dampskib".
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542:. 4 September 1914. p. 1.
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364:triple-expansion steam engine
70:A/S Norge Mexico Gulf Linjen
62:A/S Norge Mexico Gulf Linjen
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670:""America"'s undergang".
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689:. 6 May 1915. p. 3.
674:. 7 May 1915. p. 3.
318:Design and construction
304:Sørlandets Skibsbyggeri
194:General characteristics
79:Sørlandets Skibsbyggeri
347:was assessed at 3,706
330:between perpendiculars
328:(108.94 m) long (
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1058:Steamships of Norway
449:Longstone Lighthouse
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553:"Stabelavløpning".
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312:Wilhelm Wilhelmsen
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277:3-cylinder
226:5,800
220:2,305
214:3,706
97:Yard number
1048:1914 ships
1042:Categories
984:April 1915
776:Gul Djemal
738:Shipwrecks
697:References
527:. 1915–16.
523:. London:
445:Sunderland
396:Kristiania
355:and 5,800
271:Propulsion
203:Cargo ship
113:Christened
997:June 1915
921:Gulflight
872:HMS
865:HMS
854:HMS
816:HMS
795:HMS
786:Lusitania
754:HMS
419:Galveston
147:Call sign
948:27 May:
938:25 May:
928:14 May:
897:31 May:
881:29 May:
867:Majestic
863:27 May:
852:25 May:
842:24 May:
825:23 May:
814:12 May:
441:Kirkwall
135:Tønsberg
131:Homeport
105:Launched
67:Operator
1012:57°23′N
941:Rijndam
918:1 May:
856:Triumph
845:Turbine
818:Goliath
804:8 May:
791:sinking
783:7 May:
773:3 May:
766:America
763:2 May:
756:Recruit
746:1 May:
463:57°23′N
454:America
437:America
432:Sinking
425:America
415:America
407:America
380:America
345:America
325:America
299:America
209:Tonnage
117:America
75:Builder
53:America
28:History
1015:1°10′E
951:Merion
900:Merion
466:1°10′E
403:Havana
392:Bergen
384:Boston
368:stroke
236:Length
42:Norway
797:Maori
749:Joule
497:Notes
390:with
341:draft
334:abeam
308:Fevig
290:knots
288:11.0
285:Speed
252:Depth
149:MKPW
83:Fevig
59:Owner
980:1916
972:1915
964:1914
829:UB-3
490:U-41
394:and
386:and
338:mean
336:, a
263:310
244:Beam
199:Type
186:Fate
89:Cost
49:Name
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884:T47
827:SM
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361:nhp
357:DWT
353:NRT
349:GRT
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265:Nhp
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