MV Falkefjell (1931)
 Falkefjell c.1940
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Falkefjell |
| Owner | A/S Falkefjell, Oslo |
| Builder | Kockums, Sweden |
| Launched | 1931 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1957. |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 461.6 ft (140.7 m)[1] |
| Beam | 59.8 ft (18.2 m) |
| Draught | 34.6 ft (10.5 m) |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Falkefjell was an 8,072-ton motor vessel built by Kockums, Sweden in 1931 for AB Falkefjell.
Operational history
[edit]Falkefjell was chartered to the Anglo-Saxon Company and was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and loaned to the Royal Australian Navy as a fleet replenishment oiler in December 1941. She was returned to the British Admiralty in April 1942.
Fate
[edit]Renamed Uarda in 1957, she arrived at Hong Kong on 5 December to be broken up.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Lloyd's Register 1940-41" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 9 September 2011.