![]() MS Hans Hedtoft
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Name | Hans Hedtoft |
Namesake | Hans Hedtoft |
Owner | Royal Greenland Trading Company |
Builder | Frederikshavns Værft, Frederikshavn |
Yard number | 226 |
Launched | 13 August 1958 |
Completed | 17 December 1958 |
Maiden voyage | 7 January 1959 |
Out of service | 30 January 1959 |
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Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by iceberg collision, 30 January 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 82.65 m (271 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 14.17 m (46 ft 6 in) |
Depth | 6.43 m (21 ft 1 in) |
Capacity | 60 passengers |
Crew | 40 crew |
Armament | 3 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns |
MS Hans Hedtoft was a Danish cargo passenger liner that struck an iceberg and sank on 30 January 1959 on her maiden voyage off the coast of Western Greenland.[1] The only piece of the wreckage found was a lifebelt.