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Name: FILEFJELL
Type: Tanker
Launched: 11/04/1930
Completed: 07/1930
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1425
Dimensions: 7616grt, 4564nrt, 460.5 x 59.5 x 34.1ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (31 x 43ins), 1010nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1930 A/S Filefjell (Olsen & Ugelstad), Oslo
27/08/1940 Sank
Comments: 26/08/1940: Captured by the German raider PINGUIN, 250 miles S of Madagascar
On a voyage from Abadan via Table Bay to the UK with a cargo of avgas
27/08/1940: Scuttled in position 30.12S - 47.10E


Above photo courtesy of Ray Perry

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