New 28 July 2006
TEESSHIPS
A FAVOURITE SHIP
KIRSTI H
This view I have shown before.
KIRSTI H, Garston, 13 September 1965.
KIRSTI H, Reposaaren Laiva O/Y, Finland, 4004gt, completed Nakskov 1925, ex Norseman-53, ex Nyhaug-46. 1967 Elona (Greece), 1973 broken up. (By then a veteran of 48 years.)
These were taken at the same time.
Showing a view of her recently on RIVERSEA INTERNATIONAL George Robinson provided fuller details of her long career.
1925, 4044grt
Nakskovs Skibsvaerft (25) as NYHAUG for Chr. Haaland, Haugesund
Sunk by bombs from German aircraft off Lepsoy Rev on 27/4/1940, refloated and repaired
1946 NORSEMAN, Odd Godager, Oslo
1953 KIRSTI H, Werner Hacklin, Pori
1959 to Reposaaren Laiva O/Y
1967 ELONA, Greek
Broken up at Burriana, arrived 30/7/1973
In addition, Siri Lawson, in her excellent site on the Norwegian Merchant Fleet during WW2, provides even more detail, including a renaming as HOLLA under German hands, under her listing of NYHAUG on: http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsn.html#Ny