D/S Bordvik - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Bordvik
Updated Aug. 6-2008

To Bordvik on the "Ships starting with B" page.

Owner: Skibs-A/S Lundegaard
Manager: Lundegaard & Sønner, Farsund
Tonnage: 1624 gt

Built by Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder A/S, Bergen, Norway in 1920. Previous names: Hufterø until 1920, Dageid until 1929.

Captain: Anton Vesthassel.

Bordvik's voyages from March-1940 to Jan.-1942 are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
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Sunk - 1942:

Sunk by explosives at Sourabaya on March 3-1942 prior to the Japanese invasion, to keep her from falling into Japanese hands. The crew was taken prisoners by the Japanese - my page Merchant Marine POW's has the names of her officers.

Bordvik was raised by the Japanese that same year and renamed Manryu Maru in 1943, in Japanese service. Torpedoed by the submarine USS Sunfish on April 16-1945, sunk 39 36N 142 05E, Yamado Harbor, Honshu.

Charles Hocking states that Bordvik was seized by the Japanese in Jan.-1942. (He gives the location for the attack by Sunfish as "off Kamaishi, Japan").

Related external links:
USS Sunfish (SS 281) from DANFS - submarines (the sinking of Manryu Maru is mentioned).
Hyperwar - Under 16 April, Mon. - Pacific. (The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II by Robert J. Cressman. He quotes the position 39 35N 142 06E for Manryu Maru's sinking).

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan, "Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam - including sailing ships and ships of war lost in Action 1824-1962" by Charles Hocking (1990 edition) - ref My sources.