MV Aase Maersk
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MV Aase Maersk or Aase Mærsk was a Danish 6,184 GRT oil tanker. Odense Steel Shipyard of Odense built her in 1930 for A. P. Moller of Copenhagen. She was a motor ship, powered by a Burmeister & Wain six-cylinder four-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine developing 489 NHP.[1]
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NameAase Mærsk
Owner
- Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)
- Ministry of War Transport (1940–)
Operator
- Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)
- CT Bowring & Co (1940–)
Port of registry
Belfast (1940)
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| Name | Aase Mærsk |
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| Port of registry | Belfast (1940) |
| Builder | Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark |
| Launched | 25 June 1930 |
| Completed | September 1930 |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1960 |
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| Length | 407.1 feet (124.1 m) p/p |
| Beam | 54.9 feet (16.7 m) |
| Draught | 26 feet 10+1⁄4 inches (8.19 m) |
| Depth | 30.4 feet (9.3 m) |
| Installed power | 489 NHP |
| Propulsion | 6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Sensors & processing systems | wireless direction finding |
Second World War
In the Second World War the UK Ministry of War Transport took her over and appointed C.T. Bowring & Co to manage her.[1] She served with the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Navy. The Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Geelong collided with her on 11 November 1942. Aase Mærsk was returned to her owners in 1945.
Fate
Aase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960.