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M/S VIATOR
1941/1945-1946

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Buildingyard: Burmeister & Wains Maskin- & Skibsbyggeri, København/ Denmark
Built year     : 1940
Yard no         : 663

Tonnage: 3.076 brt/ 1.770 nrt/ 2.900 tdw
Dims: LOA 323,7 BR 47,3 DR 26,6ft

Engine main: 10-cyl DM by the shipbuilder
BHP: 4.200
Speed: 

00.06.1940: Launched as VIATOR for A/S Viator (C.H. Sørensen & Sønner), Arendal/ Norway
17.06.1941: Delivered as VIATOR. Went into service for Wehrmachtbefahlhaber Norwegen. Reg under Norwegian flag.
                     C.H.Sørensen was most probably mention as owner
27.01.1941: Seized and in service under German flag
26.08.1942: Convertion into V-Schiff (supplyvessel) started
01.09.1943: Convertion completed. renamed CHRISTIAN SINDING for the Trosschiff-Verband Nord
01.09.1943: Target ship for 27. Submarine-fleet, Danzig
25.08.1945: Returned to A/S Viator (C.H. Sørensen & Sønenr), Arendal/ Norway. Renamed VIATOR
00.07.1946: Sold to French Govt. - Ministere de la Marchande, Paris/ France (Louis Martin Sarl), Nantes/ France. Renamed GUINEE
00.00.1950: Sold to Yve. A. Nicoladot (Louis Martin Sarl), Nantes/ France
00.00.1963: Sold to Great Pacific Navigation Co Ltd. (S.Y. Shang), Keelung/ Taiwan. Renamed COMFORT
00.00.1969: Sold to Taiwanese shipbreakers

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