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The German Navy (Kriegsmarine) supply vessel Kertosono, the former Dutch steamship Kertosono (9155 GRT/5710 NET), seen here off Lorient in 1943.
Launched 27 May 1922, delivered to its owners on 21 March 1923, N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1 July 1940 whilst on voyage from New Orleans to Batavia captured by the German auxiliary cruiser THOR and brought in to Lorient as a prize. There rebuilt as a supply ship for U-Boats. Before refurbishing was finished heavily damaged in an allied air raid on 23 Sept 1943, all further works were halted. The wreck was scuttled by the Germans in the mouth of the river Loire on 10 Aug 1944. Wreck was salvaged by the French on 30 May 1946 to clear the waterway and sold for scrapping in November 1946.

stein

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I would have thought that ships would have had an enclosed wheelhouse this late, at least in Norway... could we not suggest the ship was seized from some other nation? There seems to be a support rigged for a canvas canopy on the forecastle, maybe she had been spending much time in a tropical climate... like in the Dutch colonies. :sweat:
 

nickwilson89

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I think the awning rails on the focsle were to keep the crew quarters below a little cooler in the tropics indicating the vessel once traded in such latitudes. That give you a wide choice!

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Stratheden

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My initial thought was Rotterdam Lloyd, and the profile does bear some resemblance to KERTOSONO built 1923.
 

stein

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Indeed. I cannot find anything that does not fit. Seized in 1940, rebuilt as a supply ship for the Kriegsmarine: https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/992058/title/kertosono281-29/cat/510
 

Sebastian

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Thank you friends for identifying the ship as the Kertosono, Sebastian.
 

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