Engineering:Odd I (1921 ship)
Odd I was a 156-tonne (172-ton) Norway whaler, launched in 1912 as Dominion II. She was renamed Odd I in 1921 and retained that name until 1964 when she became Annstein, except for a period during World War II when she served as an auxiliary for the German Kriegsmarine under the name Orkan V-5104. She was condemned in 1970 or 1971 and was deleted from the Norwegian Ship Register on 15 March 1971.
Antarctic expedition
The Odd I expedition was the first of nine scientific expeditions in the Antarctic fitted out by Lars Christensen. It was led by Eyvind Tofte, with Anton A. Andersson serving as captain. The expedition arrived at Peter I Island on 17 January 1927, but was unable to land. They then circumnavigated the island and discovered Cape Ingrid.[1]
They also found and named Cecil Cave, a sea cave which indents the southern part of Cape Ingrid on the west coast of Peter I Island in Antarctica. It was discovered and named by a Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte in January 1927.[2][3] Tofte and the second mate rowed into the cave in an unsuccessful attempt to land on the island.[4][5]
World War II
After the onset of the German occupation of Norway, on 29 June 1940 the occupying authorities acquired Odd I. They then took her into service as an auxiliary trawler in the 51 Vorpostenflotille under the name Orkan V-5104.
On 7 January 1942 she was escorting two German freighters, SS Hedwigschütte and SS Eisenblick, when they came under attack by the British Royal Air Force . During the attack the crew of Orkan V-5104 beached their vessel to avoid sinking. After Germany's defeat, Norwegian authorities returned her to her owners on 11 June 1945.
Post-war
Odd I returned to mercantile service. In 1966 she became a purse seiner.
Citations and references
- Citations
- ↑ Riffenburgh, Beau (October 25, 2006). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. 1. New York: Routledge. pp. 229, 278, 722. ISBN 9780415970242.
- ↑ "Geographic Names of Antarctica". Gazetteer (United States Board on Geographic Names) (14): 81. January 1956. https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039165/report.pdf. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Cecil Cave: Antarctica". Geographical Names. https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=2557&fid=antgeo_104. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Cecil Cave". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 377. https://www.scribd.com/doc/36721395/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981-djvu. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ↑ Stewart, John (1990). Antarctica: an encyclopedia. 1. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 174. ISBN 9780899505978. https://books.google.com/books?id=sAstAAAAMAAJ.
- References
- Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, Volume 1
- Norsk Polarhistorie (in Norwegian)
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