Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
S.S. OSCAR GORTHON, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. OSCAR GORTHON, 17 November 1947.
The Oscar Gorthon was a steamer of 1,814 gross tons built at Fredrikstad, Norway, in 1939 for the Gorthon Shipping firm of Helsingborg in Sweden. She was built to the 'boilers on deck’ design adopted by many Scandinavian shipowners in which the boilers were placed above the engines at main deck level to maximize cargo space. She was broken up in Greece in 1971, but the company for whom she was built remain in business as shipowners today.
Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
S.S.OSCAR GORTHON (3) (1814gt). Built 1939 by Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted at Fredrikstad, Norway, for Gorthon Rederi A/B, Sweden. 1958 – Sold to August Bolten BRD, and renamed ANITA BOLTEN. 1960 – Renamed BRABANT. 1962 – Renamed EICHBERG. 1963 – Sold to Amoudi Inc., Liberia, and renamed GINA N. 1965 – Sold to P.A. Stefanis & Co, Greece, and renamed ELENI. 1970 – Sold to March Enterprises SA, Greece, and renamed NORMA. She was broken up at Perama in 1972.