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Manager: Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, Bergen Previous names: Hiskø until 1921, Hufterø until 1924, Tananger until 1929, Labelle County until 1934. Delivered in Apr.-1921 from W. Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Sunderland to Henrik Østervold, Bergen. 5455 gt, 8590 tdwt, 380.3' x 52.1' x 26.6', Triple exp. 1500 ihp, 9.5 knots. Taken over by Bergens Privatbank in June-1923. Purchased by Westfal-Larsen in Dec.-1939. (There are some discrepancies here; Westfal-Larsen's fleet list states she had the name Tananger 1923-1929, and that she was delivered as Hufterø in 1921 - Hiskø is not mentioned). Rohwer says this ship was built in 1920. Captain: Sverre Kure Olsen
Risanger can be found among the ships in Convoy HX 50 in June-1940, general cargo for Brest, station 93 - several Norwegian ships took part, as can be seen by following the link. At the end of July-1940 we find her mentioned in Convoy OA 192, bound for Hampton Roads in ballast, station 62 (see the external links provided below). In Sept. that same year she's listed in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 5, cargo of steel and lumber for Middlesbrough. Related external links:
Risanger was on a voyage from Newcastle-on-Tyne to Alexandria via Cape Town with a cargo of coal and vehicles when she was torpedoed, shelled and sunk on Dec. 27-1940, by U-65 (Stockhausen), 12 30N 21 30W. The torpedo struck on the port side between hatch No. 2 and 3, causing the coal cargo in No. 2 hold to run out and she developed a heavy list to port. All hatches and cross webs disappeared and water and coal smoke rose high in the air. After about 20 minutes the U-boat surfaced and shelled the ship until she sank. By then everyone had gotten into the lifeboats, of which only the motorboat and 2 jolly boats were usable. The motorboat drifted off when the painter broke; the captain, the 1st mate and the 1st engineer left the ship about 15 minutes after the torpedo had hit. The latter had been in the store room when the attack occurred but went up on deck when he heard the explosion. However, he was delayed for a long time at the exit from the engine room by the masses of water coming in from the deck. The boats set an eastward course towards the nearest land on the African coast. They were all picked up by the Norwegian M/T Belinda on Dec. 29 which landed them in Cape Town on Jan. 10-1941. An inquiry was held there on Jan. 14 with the captain, the 1st mate, the 1st engineer, the donkeyman, Ordinary Seaman Gotfredsen (helmsman), Ordinary Seaman Heggen, and Stoker Fredrikson appearing. Crew List - No casualties:
Related external links: Back to Risanger on the "Ships starting with R" page. Other ships by this name: Westfal-Larsen had another Risanger delivered from Kockums, Malmö in Aug.-1951. Sold in Aug.-1971 to Arne Teignes Rederi, Egersund, renamed Rytterfjell. Sold in 1976 to Piræus and renamed Tofalos G. Broken up in Taiwan in 1980. Another Risanger (chem. tanker) was delivered in Nov.-1976, built in Poland, 17 057 gt. This ship later sailed as Bow Sirius for Skibs-A/S Storli, Bergen from 1990, renamed Ncc Narjan that same year - sold for breaking up in 2004 (majority of info from Westfal-Larsen fleet list). Here are some details on a more recent Risanger built 1991 - external link. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume II, and misc. (ref. My sources).
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