Engineering:MV Aase Maersk

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Aase Mærsk
History
Denmark
NameAase Mærsk
Owner
  • Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1940–)
Operator
  • Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)
  • CT Bowring & Co (1940–)
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Belfast (1940)
BuilderOdense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark
Launched25 June 1930
CompletedSeptember 1930
Identification
  • UK official number 174208
  • Call sign BFXW
FateScrapped in 1960
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General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 6,814 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 5,505
  • 3,641 NRT
Length407.1 feet (124.1 m) p/p
Beam54.9 feet (16.7 m)
Draught26 feet 10 1⁄4 inches (8.19 m)
Depth30.4 feet (9.3 m)
Installed power489 NHP
Propulsion6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)
Sensors &
processing systems
wireless direction finding
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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

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

Aase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960.

Notes

References

  • Wilson, Michael (1999). Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services. Profile No. 4 (Revised ed.). Marrickville: Topmill Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-1-876270-72-8.