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D/S Sigrid To Sigrid on the "Ships starting with S" page. Owner: A/S Djerv Delivered in March-1920 as Nystrand from N. V. Holland Scheeps Werf en Machinenfabriek, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht to A/S Utsire (C. B. Nielsen), Skien. 1024 gt, 579 net, 1600 tdwt, 216' 4" (lpp) x 34' 5" x 15' 6", Triple exp. steam engine by Machinefabriek Kinderdijk, Kinderdijk, 122 nhp. Sold to A/S Djerv (Bachke & Co.), Trondheim in 1922, renamed Sigrid.
Sigrid is listed in Convoy HN 11 from Norway to the U.K. in Febr.-1940, bound for Sheernees with pulp. She returned to the U.K. early in March with Convoy ON 18, and at the end of that month, shortly before the German invasion of Norway, we find her in Convoy HN 22, bound for Preston with general cargo - follow the links for more info; several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys. Bachke & Co. lost most of their ships to this war, namely Enid, Eldrid, Hilda, Gunvor, Gudrid (later raised) and Inger, all listed on this website (they can be found through the Ship Index - some are listed in the Homefleet). Bera and Sigrid survived, Nea was laid up, then sold after the war.
Sold in 1950 to Egon Oldendorff, Lübeck and renamed Dietrich Oldendorff. Sold in 1954 to Paulsen & Ivers Schiffahrts- und Kohlenhandels G.m.b.H., Kiel and renamed Signal. Sold in 1958 to Almwich-Harmstorf & Co., Altona/Hamburg for breaking up. (All details from Bachke & Co. fleet list, Finn R. Hansen). Related external link: To Sigrid on the "Ships starting with S" page. Other ships by this name: Bachke & Co. later had another Sigrid, delivered in Jan.-1975, built in Gdansk, Poland, 1999 gt. Became Panamanian Nicolas in Nov.-1982, Maltese Nicolas S in 1988, Silver I 1996, Nicolas S 1997, Edarte I (Albania) 2000, Nisreen (North Korea) 2003. Sweden and Denmark both had steamships by this name in WW II. The Swedish one struck a mine and sank on Nov. 1-1941, and the Danish one (under German control) struck a mine and sank on June 27-1943.
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