HMS Nordland
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Name |
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Owner |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik |
Way number | 543 |
Launched | 3 October 1922 |
Completed | 5 December 1922 |
Commissioned |
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Decommissioned |
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Identification | |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type |
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Tonnage | 393 GRT, 152 NRT |
Length | 44.52 m (146 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 53nhp |
Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
HMS Nordland was a
Description
The ship was 44.52 metres (146 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 8.70 metres (28 ft 7 in). She had a depth of 4.55 metres (14 ft 11 in) and a draught of 3.75 metres (12 ft 4 in).
History
Nordland was built in 1922 as
On 4 September 1939, Nordland was requisitioned by the
In 1948,[4] HMS Nordland was sold to the British Wheeler Process Ltd, Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was renamed Tulipfield, and was used as a sludge vessel for oils with a flash point in excess of 150 °F (66 °C).[11] Her port of registry was Liverpool. The United Kingdom Official Number 167703 and Code Letters MLZR were allocated.[12] British Wheeler Process Ltd. was a company specialising in the cleaning of ships' tanks.[13] Tulipfield was fitted with three tanks for the carrying of petroleum sludge. She was permitted to sail between British ports only.[12] She was scrapped in October 1965 by de Smedt, Antwerp, Belgium.[4]
References
- ^ a b Gröner 1993, p. 197.
- ^ a b "Nordland (58927)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. NIV-NOR (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1930–1931. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
- ^ Gröner 1993, pp. 197, 199.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gröner 1993, p. 199.
- ^ "Nordland (63797)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. NOR (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934–1935. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 46064. London. 23 February 1932. col C, p. 23.
- ^ "Vorpostenflottillen 1939 – 1945" (in German). Württembergische Landesbibliothek. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "HMS Hostile (H 55)". Uboat. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Brilliant Work By The Royal Navy". The Times. No. 48590. London. 15 April 1940. col A-B, p. 6.
- ^ "TUD-TUL LLOYD'S REGISTER 1948–49". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register. 1949. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "96374– 388 LLOYD'S REGISTER". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register. 1949. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ a b "TULIPAN LLOYD'S REGISTER 1958–59". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register. 1949. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "(photograph)" (PDF). Black Jack (127). Southampton Branch, World Ship Society: 1. Winter 2003.
Sources
- Gröner, Erich (1993). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German). Vol. 8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4807-5.