Sanct Svithun
1940
(Risawoleska RI-38a)
- Type: Passenger / general cargo
- Displacement: 1,376 tons
- Dimensions: 236 x 35 x 21 ft.
- Machinery: Steam 4-cyl Lentz-type double compound, 1,650 hp = 14 knots
- Passengers: 182 (100 first class, 82 second class)
- Builder: Danziger Werft, Free City of Danzig, 1927
- Notes: Built for Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab, Stavanger, Norway, service on the Hurtigruten route. In shipyard for annual maintenance work when Germany invaded in Apr 1940. Put back into regular passenger/cargo service, but with German AA and personnel added. Sunk by allied aircraft 30 Sep 1943 with loss of about 45 out of 120 Norwegians and all but two Germans.
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