Olga Mærsk (1948)

For other ships of the same name, see Olga Mærsk.
Olga Maersk as she left the shipyard in 1949
History
Denmark
Name: Olga Maersk
Port of registry: Copenhagen,  Denmark[1]
Builder: Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense[1]
Yard number: 109[2]
Launched: 18 December 1948[2]
Identification:
Fate: Acquired by Mermaid Marine Co, 1968[2]
 
Name: Valentine
Operator: Mermaid Marine Co[2]
Port of registry: Liberia Monrovia[2]
Acquired: 1968
Fate: Acquired by Liberty SS Co Ltd, 1974[2]
 
Name: North Sea
Operator: Liberty SS Co Ltd
Port of registry: Somalia Mogadishu[2]
Acquired: 1974
Fate: Acquired by Man Ming Maritime Ltd, 1975
 
Name: Man Ming
Operator: Man Ming Maritime Ltd[2]
Port of registry: Panama Panama City[3]
Acquired: 1975
Fate: Broken up in Kaohsiung, Taiwan by Gi Yuen Steel Enterprise Co Ltd, 1979[2]
General characteristics
Type: Cargo ship
Tonnage:
Length: 453.2 ft (138.1 m)[1]
Beam: 62.1 ft (18.9 m)[1]
Depth: 28.4 ft (8.7 m)[1]

M/S Olga Mærsk was a container ship belonging to the fleet of Danish shipping company A.P. Møller Mærsk. She was built in 1948 and set to sea on 18 December the same year.[1][2]

In the following year, she was handed over to Mærsk and was part of its fleet until 1968. She was then acquired by Mermaid Maritime and renamed Valentine.[2] She was subsequently acquired first by Liberty SS Co Ltd as North Sea in 1974 and finally as Man Mang for Man Ming Maritime Ltd in 1975.[2] She was broken up in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1979.[2][3]

The name of the ship originates from the mother of Emma Mc-Kinney Møller, wife of shipping magnate Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, the owner of A.P. Møller-Mærsk.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Handelsministeriet (1950). "Danmarks Skibsliste" (PDF) (in Danish). Sjøfartens Bibliotek. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7seasvessels.com (2011). "OLGA MÆRSK – 1949 – IMO 5262407". 7seasvessels.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "MAN MING - 5262407 - CARGO". maritime-connector.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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