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VIDAR (1915-1940)
(In English: n/a)

S/S VIDAR, Passenger and freight steamer
(Photo: DFDS A/S)

Classification

Type:

Passenger and freight steamer

Class:

n/a

Navy:

- A/S Det forenede Dampskibsselskab (DFDS)

Motto:

n/a

Crest:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

n/a

Specifications

Built by:

Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

August 8, 1914

Launched:

February 27, 1915

Commissioned:

May 6, 1915

Decommissioned:

January 31, 1940

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

1,493 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

81.38 m

11.20 m

5.94 m

Complement:

n/a, room for 31 passengers

Propulsion:

1,650 Hp

Range:

n/a

Armament:

None

Speed:

12 knots

History

Date:

Service:

May 12, 1915
- 1917

Service: Copenhagen-Hull

1917-1918

Service: Denmark-UK

1919

Service: Copenhagen-Mediterranean

1920-1924

Service: Copenhagen-Hull

1923-1926

Service also: Denmark-Newcastle or Copenhagen-London

1926-1929

Service mainly: Esbjerg-Grimsby

1929-1939

Service now mainly: Esbjerg-London, occasionally: Esbjerg-Grimsby

1939-1940

Service mainly: Esbjerg-Grimsby/Tibury/Newcastle

January 31, 1940

On voyage Grimsby-Esbjerg via Tyne with coal and general cargo, torpedoed by the German submarine U-21 in the North Sea and sank the following day. 15 men were lost

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

The S/S VIDAR brought the bodies of 14 British submariners from Copenhagen to Hull in August 1915, following the German attack on the British submarine E.13.

44You can read the complete story here

Sources:

&

A/S Det forenede Dampskibsselskab (DFDS)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography