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The Norwegian tanker Dovrefjell was launched 12-09 09-40 and completed 10-43. Built as a tanker at the yard of Eriksberg of Gothenburg she traded as a tanker untill 1955 when she was converted to a bulker. it was as an ore carrier that she came to grief on the Pentland Skerries 03-02-56 in extremely poor weather.
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When she foundered 17 crewmen were rescued by a Westland S51 Dragonfly of the Royal Navy
Added by Charles E. Mac Kay on 07 April 2014
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