''Laksnes'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1927 by

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, Flensburg,

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as ''Marquardt Petersen'' for German owners. She was sold in 1935 and renamed ''Sexta''. Another sale in 1938 saw her renamed ''Annelis Christophersen''. She was seized by the Allies in 1945. ''Annelis Christophersen'' was passed to the

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(MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Concern''. In 1946, she was passed to the Norwegian Government and renamed ''Laksnes''. She ran aground on 27 November 1946 and subsequently sank.

Description

The ship was built in 1927 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She had a GRT of 1,581 and a NRT of 937. Her DWT was 2,650. The ship was propelled by a

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, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.

History

''Marquardt Petersen'' was built for Morquardt Petersen Reederei GmbH. Her port of registry was Flensburg and the Code Letters LNTH were allocated. Her Code Letters were changed to DDTF in 1934. In 1935, she was sold to Flensburger Dampfschiff Gesellschaft von 1839 and was renamed ''Sexta''. In 1936, ''Sexta'' was one of 20 ships chartered to transport timber from

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to Germany. In 1938, ''Sexta'' was sold to H W Christophersen, Flensburg and was renamed ''Annelis Christophersen''. On 30 September 1942, ''Annelis Christophersen'' was attacked by the

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submarine ''Shch-310'' when north west of Stolpmünde, Germany. All four

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es missed their target. In May 1945, ''Annelis Christophersen'' was seized by the Allies at Flensburg. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Concern''. She was placed under the management of Harries, Brothers & Co Ltd. Her port of registry was

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, the code letters GFKQ and United Kingdom Official Number 180639 were allocated. In 1946, ''Empire Concern'' was passed to the

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and was renamed ''Laksnes''. Her port of registry was Oslo and she was allocated the Code Letters LLTM. On 23 November 1946, F N Nordbø, Haugesund agreed to buy the ship. On 27 November, ''Laksnes'' ran aground at Rongevær,

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. She broke in two and then sank. She was on a voyage from Brevik to

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with a cargo of

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. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1950.

References

External links

Photo of ''Marquard Petersen''
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