NORVEGIA (Nw.)

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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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NORVEGIA (Nw.)

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:26 pm

Built in 1919 by Jac. M. Iversen at Son (Nw.) for Skibs A/S Freda (Winge & Co.) Kristiana (now Oslo) as VESLE PER.
Sealer, Gt:285, Nt:126, L:34,84m. B:8,14m. D:4,24m. 2 cyl steam engine:350 hp. wooden hull.
in 1927 sold to Bryde & Dahls Hvalfangerselskab A/S (Lars Christiansen) Sandefjord, renamed in NORVEGIA, '27 -'31 trips to Antarctica.
1931 sold to A/S Kvitøy, Aalesund, renamed in KVITØY, 19-03-1933 sunk in the White Sea.
(AAT 1979/80 50 c. StG.50)
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aukepalmhof
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Re: NORVEGIA (Nw.)

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:31 pm

Made four trips to the Antarctic 1927/28, 1928/29. 1929/30 and 1930/31.
During the first expedition on 01 December 1927 the Bouvet Islands was annexed for the Norwegian crown,
During the second expedition Peter I Island was annexed for the Norwegian Crown, both islands are still Norwegian territory.
During the third expedition the Norvegia carried two floating planes a Lockheed Vega (N 41) and a F 18, Hjalmar Riiser Larsen and Finn Lutzow-Holm made many trips over Dronning Maud Land with this two planes, the planes were extensively used to photograph and sketch large areas of the coastline.
The stamp is designed of the vessel during this voyage, clearly you can see the two planes on the ship.
The fourth expedition the NORVEGIA circumnavigated the complete Antarctic, the Prinzessin Ragnhild coast was discovered and charted. One of the reasons for this last expedition was to find new whaling grounds.

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