History
Norway
NameVardaas
OwnerAgdesidens Rederi A/S
OperatorAgdesidens Rederi / Nortraship
Port of registryNorway Arendal
Launched1931
CompletedApril 1931
FateHit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-564 on 30 August 1942, and sunk the next day.
General characteristics
TypeOil tanker
Tonnage12,683 DWT

MT Vardaas was a Norwegian oil tanker, built in 1931. She could carry 12,683 DWT. Sailing for Arnt J. Mørland's shipping company and Nortraship, while on its way from Cape Town to Trinidad carrying dead freight, the ship was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-564 on 30 August 1942. All crew of 41 escaped in lifeboats and landed in Plymouth Bay, Tobago.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Hegland 1976: pp. 119, 452
  2. ^ Dannevig 1985: p 230

Bibliography

  • Dannevig, Birger (1985). "Innsatsen på havet". In Dannevig, Birger (ed.). Arendalsregionens Krigshistorie (in Norwegian). Kolbjørnsvik: Leif-Tore Langemyr Forlag. ISBN 82-991313-0-8.
  • Hegland, Jon Rustung (1976). Krigsseilasen under den allierte offensiv 1942-1945. Nortraships flåte (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Dreyer. ISBN 82-09-01261-4.


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