''Justinian'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1940 by Nobiskrug Werft,

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owner. She was seized on completion, renamed ''Karl Christian Lohse'' and used by a

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company. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Flensburg, passed to the

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(MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Conningbeg''. In 1946, she was transferred to the Norwegian Government and renamed ''Fuglenes''. In 1947, she was transferred to her original owner and renamed ''Justinian''. She was sold to a

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owner in 1954 and renamed ''Inge R Christophersen''. She served until 1965, when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built by Nobiskrug Werft, Rendsburg. She was launched in 1940. Completion was in May 1942. The ship was long, with a beam of and had a depth of . As built, he ship had a GRT of 1,875 and a NRT of 1,006. The ship was propelled by a

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which had two cylinders of and two cylinders of diameter by stroke. It could propel the ship at .

History

''Justinian'' was built for Hilmar Reksten,

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. On completion in May 1942, she was seized by the German authorities. She was passed to H P Vith,

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and renamed ''Karl Christian Lohse''. In May 1945, she was seized by the Allies at Flensburg, passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Conningbeg''. She was placed under the management of Currie Line Ltd,

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. Her port of registry was changed to

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. The Code Letters GLFT and United Kingdom Official Number 180647 were allocated. In 1946, ''Empire Conningbeg'' was transferred to the

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and renamed ''Fuglenes''. She was placed under the control of the Sjøfartsdirektortet. The Code Letters LLTU were allocated and her port of registry was changed to

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. She was recorded as being , and 2,845 DWT. In November 1946, ''Fuglenes'' was transferred to AS Rederi Julian,

. She was renamed ''Justinian'' and placed under the management of Hilmar Reksten, Bergen. In 1954, ''Justinian'' was sold to H W Christophersen,

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and was renamed ''Inge R Christophersen''. She was sold for scrap in May 1965, arriving at Hamburg on 9 May for scrapping.

References

External links

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