African Reefer - 1935 - IMO: 5004362

[Roedspaetten]

Type: Cargo ship (ref) + Accommodations for 4 passengers.
Name: YRSA, Esbjerg, IDNo: 5004362, Callsign: OYDH, Flag: DNK
Year: 1935
Keel:
Launch Date: 14-09-1935
Date of completion: 09-11-1935

BRT: 1862 ? NRT: 996 ? TDW: 2420, Volume of refr. Cargo hold= 127.000 cbf
Length overall: 96,9, LPP: 91.9, Beam: 13.0, D: 4,88 m

Builder: Helsing?r V?rft

Yard No: 230
Location of yard: Elsinore
Country of build: DNK,

Material of build: Steel
Number of screws = 1
Mchy = Diesel
Speed = 13.5 knots

Engine: B & W?Helsing?r-type 650-VF90, 1800 Hp, engine-build number # 312
Speed: 13,75 knots
Owner: D/S Vesterhavet A/S, Esbjerg, (J. Lauritzen, K?benhavn).
Price at delivery: DKR: 1.554.000,-

She was the first reefer with both a first and last name, (Reefer), and she was part of a new series of reefers which the company had contracted.

Subsequent History:
14-09-1935: Launched as PACIFIC REEFER, 09-11-1935: delivered as YRSA ? 23-07-1936 AFRICAN REEFER ? 23-08-1941 ROAMER ? 14-06-1946 AFRICAN REEFER.

12-02-1938: Transferred to Rederiet Ocean A/S, K?benhavn.

9. April 1940: She was at sea in the Atlantic Ocean on journey between San Fransisco to the Mediterranean.

16-04-1940: Arrived at Funchal, Madeira and laid up.

17-01-1941: Homeport changed from Esbjerg to Copenhagen

12-08-1941: Left Funchal for New York

23-08-1941: Arrived at New York. Taken over by the US Maritime Commission and renamed ROAMER with homeport in Panama City. Run by Marine Transport Lines.

07-06-1946: Arrived San Francisco from Japan.

14-06-1946: Re-delivered to Ocean A/S at San Francisco and renamed AFRICAN REEFER.

28-09-1946: Arrived Aalborg V?rft A/S for repairs and refit after the war service.

April-1947: BRT 1862 - NRT 968

01-01-1954: Homeport changed back to Esbjerg

1946: BRT 1731 ? NRT 819

10-04-1963: Sold to ship-breaking-company. (DKR 319.000)

Disposal Data:
BU Krimpen 10-04-1963 Sold to Metaalhandel en Sloopwerken [H. P. Heuvelman, a/d Yssel].

Price: DKR: 319.000,-

Part of the ship?s hull to be used as a floating bunkering station in Lobith on the River Rhine. The bunkerstation was owned by Servicecentrum Lobith N.V.

1999: Sold and rebuilt to a floating restaurant at Lobith under the name: Chinese Restaurant Hong Kong

Pictures are either from my own collection or from the collection on the Bangsbo Museum in Frederikshavn, DK, dates, locations and photographers are unknown if not specifically mentioned.

[Dierk Bauer]

Hi Kent, thank you very much for sharing
Guess that there are some problems pasting the Exel file as text....

here is the info from Miramar:

IDNo: 5004362
Year: 1935
Name: YRSA
Flag: DNK
Type: Cargo ship (ref)
Launch Date: 14.9.35
Date of completion: 9.11.35
Tons: 1862
LPP: 91.9
Beam: 13.0
Country of build: DNK
Builder: Helsingor Vaerft
Location of yard: Elsinore
Yard No: 230
Number of
screws/Mchy/ 1D
Speed(kn): 13.5

[Roedspaetten]

Hi Kent, thank you very much for sharing
Guess that there are some problems pasting the Exel file as text....

here is the info from Miramar:

IDNo: 5004362
Year: 1935
Name: YRSA
Flag: DNK
Type: Cargo ship (ref)
Launch Date: 14.9.35
Date of completion: 9.11.35
Tons: 1862
LPP: 91.9
Beam: 13.0
Country of build: DNK
Builder: Helsingor Vaerft
Location of yard: Elsinore
Yard No: 230
Number of
screws/Mchy/ 1D
Speed(kn): 13.5

Yes Dierk.... I keep forgetting to use wordpad as a middle-tool between Excel and Word to get rid of the formatting bugs when uploading it here on CR, but as you can see I editted the uploaded file and it?s OK now I think...
Hope you?re are too...?!
Kind Rgds
Kent