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SS Nordnorge

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Two steamships have borne the name Nordnorge, after the Norwegian name for Northern Norway:

  • SS Nordnorge (1883) was a 339-ton passenger/cargo ship completed as Wisingsö in 1883, by Motala Verkstad, Sweden. Torpedoed and sunk off Honningsvåg, Norway, on 24 March 1944.
  • SS Nordnorge (1923) was a 991-ton passenger/cargo ship launched on 12 September 1923, by Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted in Trondheim, Norway. Shelled and sunk by warships off Hemnesberget on 10 May 1940.

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    SS Nordnorge Wikipedia
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