Engineering:Thorshavet

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Thorshavet in 1956.

Thorshavet was a Norwegian whaling factory ship built in 1947 off the coast of Mauritania.[1] It was later named Astra.[1]

It collided with the cargo ship Karonga (Singapore) off the coast of Portuguese Guinea. It sank on 17 April 1974 with the loss of a crew member.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stadig flere båter på Afrika-eventyr" (in no). 2014-09-08. https://www.kystmagasinet.no/nyheter/stadig-flere-bater-pa-afrika-eventyr/. 
  2. ↑ Norman Hooke (1989). Modern shipping disasters, 1963-1987. Lloyd's of London Press. ISBN 9781850442110. https://books.google.com/books?id=pIcTAAAAYAAJ&q=Karonga+Astra. 



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