SS Otto Petersen

SS Otto Petersen was one of three ships ordered by the Vendila Steamboat Company (Svendsen & Christensen). The others were E.M. Dalgas and P.N. Damm.[2]

History
Name: SS Otto Petersen
Owner: Vendila Steamboat Company
Builder: Helsingør Vaerft, Helsingør, Denmark
Yard number: 194
Completed: March 1930
In service: 1930
Out of service: 1954
Identification: Int. radio code: OXXE
Fate: Broken up 1971
General characteristics
Class and type: Cargo
Tonnage: 2932 GRT; 4965 Ton DW
Length: 99.6 m (327 ft)
Beam: 14.7 m (48 ft)
Propulsion: single screw
Speed: 11 knots
Notes: [1]

SS Otto Petersen was built at the Elsinor Ironship and Machine Factory, Helsingør, Copenhagen in 1930.[2] Once a significant shipyard that helped boost Denmark into an international maritime nation, Elsinore Shipyard closed in the 80's - a small dry dock remains.[3][4]

Her captain for 24 years, Knud Valdemar Goth (1893 - 1966) joined Vendila around 1920.[2]

SS Otto Petersen was blown in two when a mine went off in Drammen Fiord, Norway on 12 January 1945.[2] She was raised and towed to Nakskov for repairs. In 1954 Otto Petersen was sold to Haverbeck & Skalweit, Chile and renamed Tornagaleones.[2]

Footnotes
  1. "Search result for "5365144"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  2. "S/S Otto Petersen". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  3. "Elsinore (Helsingør)". Brunkman Photography. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  4. "A New Cultural Powerhouse". Elsinore Municipality. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
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