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Polish pass/cargo liner CHROBRY, imo 5613905/ 154m/ 11,442gt/ twin screw/ 16kn/ pax 1.167; 07/1939 completed by Nakskov SV, Nakskov, for Gdynia America Shipping Lines, Ltd., Gdynia; During the war the ship was rebuilt in Britain to become a troop transport. As a transatlantic liner she made only one transatlantic voyage, never coming back to her home port of Gdynia. The ship was used as a transport during the Norwegian, in the area around Narvik. 14/05/1940 she sailed from Tjeldsundset transporting British troops to Bodo Just before midnight German dive bombers attacked the ship three times in the middle of the Vestfjorden, setting the ship on fire, exploding ammunition, and killing several army officers and men. One of the escorts, the destroyer HMS WOLVERINE took off 700 survivors from the ship, while the other escort, the sloop HMS STORK , stood on guard
(Nakskov SV promotion brochure – my collection)

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Armateur dynia America Shipping Lines, Ltd., Gdynia;
Ship manager
Numéro IMO 5613905
Type de navire Passenger/cargo liner
Année et chantier de construction 07/1939 completed by Nakskov SV, Nakskov
Date
Lieu
Téléchargée le 22/04/2013
Dimension 800 x 363
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