MV Aase Maersk (1930)
_(7312743392).jpg) Aase Mærsk
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| History | |
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| Name | Aase Mærsk |
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| Port of registry |  Belfast (1940) |
| Builder | Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark |
| Launched | 25 June 1930 |
| Completed | September 1930 |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 407.1 feet (124.1 m) p/p |
| Beam | 54.9 feet (16.7 m) |
| Draught | 26 feet 10+1⁄4 inches (8.19 m) |
| Depth | 30.4 feet (9.3 m) |
| Installed power | 489 NHP |
| Propulsion | 6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine |
| Speed | 11 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
[edit]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 Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Geelong collided with her on 11 November 1942. Aase Mærsk was returned to her owners in 1945.
Fate
[edit]Aase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1940. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
References
[edit]- Wilson, Michael (1999). 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]