Oslofjord
1940
(Risawoleska RI-82a)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 18,673 tons
- Dimensions: 590 x 73 ft.
- Machinery: MAN geared diesels, twin screw, 17,600 BHP = 19.5 knots
- Passengers: 860 (152 cabin class, 307 tourist class, 401 third class)
- Crew: 310
- Builder: A/G Weser Shipbuilders, Bremen, Germany, 1938
- Notes: Built for Norwegian America Line (Norwegian flag). Maiden voyage 4 Jun 1938. Oslo-New York service. Laid up in New York in early 1940; became a troopship in Oct. Struck a German mine off England's east coast, 1 Dec 1940, sinking in shallow water off South Shields; a complete loss.
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