SS Otto Petersen

History
NameSS Otto Petersen
OwnerVendila Steamboat Company
BuilderHelsingør Vaerft, Helsingør, Denmark
Yard number194
CompletedMarch 1930
In service1930
Out of service1954
IdentificationCall sign: OXXE
FateBroken up 1971
General characteristics
Class and typeCargo
Tonnage2932 GRT; 4965 DWT
Length99.6 m (327 ft)
Beam14.7 m (48 ft)
Propulsionsingle screw
Speed11 knots
Notes[1]

SS Otto Petersen was one of three ships ordered by the Vendila Steamboat Company (Svendsen & Christensen). The others were E.M. Dalgas and P.N. Damm.[2]

SS Otto Petersen was built at the Elsinor Ironship and Machine Factory, Helsingør, Copenhagen in 1930.[2] Once a significant shipyard that helped boost Denmark into an international maritime nation, Elsinore Shipyard closed in the 80's - a small dry dock remains.[3][4]

Her captain for 24 years, Knud Valdemar Goth (1893 - 1966) joined Vendila around 1920.[2]

SS Otto Petersen was blown in two when a mine went off in Drammen Fiord, Norway on 12 January 1945.[2] She was raised and towed to Nakskov for repairs. In 1954 Otto Petersen was sold to Haverbeck & Skalweit, Chile and renamed Tornagaleones.[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Search result for "5365144"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e "S/S Otto Petersen". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Elsinore (Helsingør)". Brunkman Photography. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  4. ^ "A New Cultural Powerhouse". Elsinore Municipality. Retrieved 12 April 2009.