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MV Aase Maersk (1930)

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Aase Mærsk
History
Denmark
NameAase Mærsk
Owner
Operator
  • Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)
  • CT Bowring & Co (1940–)
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Belfast (1940)
BuilderOdense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark
Launched1930
CompletedSeptember 1930
Identification
StatusScrapped in 1960
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 6,814 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 5,505
  • 3,641 NRT
Length407.1 feet (124.1 m) p/p
Beam54.9 feet (16.7 m)
Draught26 feet 10+14 inches (8.19 m)
Depth30.4 feet (9.3 m)
Installed power489 NHP
Propulsion6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems
wireless direction finding

MV Aase Maersk or Aase Mærsk was a Danish 6,184 GRT oil tanker. Odense Steel Shipyard of Odense built her in 1930 for A. P. Moller of Copenhagen. She was a motor ship, powered by a Burmeister & Wain six-cylinder four-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine developing 489 NHP.[1]

Second World War

In the Second World War the UK Ministry of War Transport took her over and appointed C.T. Bowring & Co to manage her.[1] She served with the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Navy. The Template:Sclass- HMAS Geelong collided with her on 11 November 1942. Aase Mærsk was returned to her owners in 1945.

Fate

Aase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

References

  • Wilson, Michael. Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services. Vol. Profile No. 4 (Revised ed.). Marrickville: Topmill Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-1-876270-72-8.[page needed]