SS Nordnorge (1923)

Nordnorge in Bodø in 1928
History
Name	Nordnorge
Namesake	Northern Norway
Owner	Ofotens Dampskibsselskap
Port of registry	Narvik
Route	Narvik-Trondheim (1924–1936) Hurtigruten (1936–1940)
Builder	Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted
Yard number	186
Laid down	September 1922
Launched	12 September 1923
Completed	17 January 1924
Acquired	18 January 1924
Identification	Code letters: LDHR (1930) LHNR (1934–1939)
Captured	by the Germans on 7 May 1940
Fate	Sunk by Royal Navy warships on 10 May 1940
General characteristics
Type	Cargo liner (1924–1940) Troop ship (1940)
Tonnage	As built: 873 gross register tons (GRT) 448 net register tons (NRT) After 1936 rebuild: 991 GRT 556 NRT
Length	As built: 181 feet (55 m) After 1936 rebuild: 201 feet (61 m)
Beam	9 metres (30 ft)
Depth	As built: 21 ft (6.4 m) After 1936 rebuild: 19.6 ft (6.0 m)
Installed power	1,000 indicated horsepower
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity	270 passengers
Armament	7–10 May 1940: Two 20 mm automatic cannon and two machine guns

SS Nordnorge was a Norwegian steamship built in 1923–24 by Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted, for the Narvik-based Norwegian shipping company Ofotens Dampskibsselskap. First employed on the company's Narvik-Trondheim route, she was transferred to the longer Hurtigruten route in late 1936. Seized by the Germans following their April 1940 attack on Norway, she was used as covert troop ship and was sunk shortly after delivering her cargo of German troops behind Allied lines on 10 May 1940.

The ship was located in 2021, and was filmed later that year.^[1]