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    Mission (Nortraship) was established in London in April 1940 to administer the Norwegian merchant fleet outside German-controlled areas. Nortraship operated...
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    - 1945, Nortraship, profitt og patriotime (Oslo: Grøndahl og Dreyers Forlag) ISBN 82-504-1895-6 Mossige, Erling (1989) Storrederiet Nortraship - Handelsflåten...
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    the fourth largest in the world, was organized into Nortraship to support the Allied cause. Nortraship was the world's largest shipping company, and at its...
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    marine fleet in the world. It was led by the Norwegian shipping company Nortraship under the Allies throughout the war and took part in every war operation...
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    Trade Mission (Nortraship) was established in London in April 1940 to administer the merchant fleet outside German-controlled areas. Nortraship operated some...
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    assist in troop transportation. To expedite this ships operated under the Nortraship organisation, which at that time was the world's largest shipping company...
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    The 1,028-ship strong Nortraship was established on 22 April at a government meeting at Stuguflåten in Romsdal. The Nortraship fleet consisted of some...
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  • with a budget of $11 million. The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship) "Gunnar Vikene's hit War Sailor selected as Norway's Oscar entry". Nordisk...
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    units in addition to 45 civilian ships with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore...
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  • Moldovan resistance during World War II Norwegian resistance movement Milorg Nortraship Norwegian Independent Company 1 (Kompani Linge) Osvald Group XU Philippine...
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    men escaping from Norway joined the Royal Norwegian Navy. Funds from Nortraship were used to buy new ships, aircraft and equipment. Ten ships and 1,000...
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    placed under the control of the government-run Nortraship, with headquarters in London and New York. Nortraship's modern ships, especially its tankers, were...
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    Erling Dekke Næss (category Nortraship people)
    1993) was a Norwegian shipowner and businessman. Næss was Deputy Head of Nortraship's New York office from 1942 to 1946. Næss was the initiator behind the...
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    Norway, the ship operated for the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship) in London. Voyages in early 1940 involved U.S. Atlantic ports and the...
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    Arne Sunde (category Nortraship people)
    Nortraship. While Sunde and most of the other politicians wanted increased political control over the shipping company, the leadership of Nortraship wanted...
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  • occupants, whilst the four ships on the high seas were controlled by Nortraship, the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission, who was established in 1940...
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    management and operation of the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship). Charles Racine was sunk by three torpedoes on 10 March 1942 although...
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  • 1940-45, where he wrote articles related to the Norwegian merchant fleet, Nortraship and naval ships. Vekst og strukturendringer i krisetider 1914–1939, Bergen...
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  • York City where he worked for the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship). Haakon Onstad relocated to Kungsbacka, Sweden, where he formed Rederi...
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    Hilmar Reksten (category Nortraship people)
    Head of Nortraship Øivind Lorentzen, and felt himself to be more competent at running Nortraship. Instead he was employed at the Nortraship office in...
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    Stavangerske Dampskibsselskap 1941 - 1958 House flag of Nortraship. This flag was flown ashore from Nortraship offices, ships flew the regular Norwegian merchant...
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  • Odd Berg (ship-owner born 1894) (category Nortraship people)
    1929, and during the Second World War he was an assisting director of Nortraship. He was active in the Conservative Party and the Norwegian Shipowners'...
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    MV B. P. Newton (1940) (category Ships of Nortraship)
    Jon Rustung (1976). Krigsseilasen under den allierte offensiv 1942–1945. Nortraships flåte (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Dreyer. ISBN 82-09-01261-4....
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  • Norwegian government in exile as the world largest shipowning company Nortraship. In 1945, he attended the World Trade Union Conference in London alongside...
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  • Krigsseilerregisteret (category Ships of Nortraship)
    that sailed in the period 1939 to 1945 for the neutral countries, for Nortraship, the Norwegian Domestic Fleet, the Royal Norwegian Navy, Allied and neutral...
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    SS Hestmanden (category Ships of Nortraship)
    the only remaining ship of the more than 1,000 that were part of the Nortraship fleet during World War II, and therefore represents a central part of...
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  • did not trust any shipowners, since these had their fleet organized in Nortraship and used in Allied convoys. The Norwegian authorities in exile were also...
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  • Ingolf Hysing Olsen (category Nortraship people)
    1961) was a Norwegian shipowner. He was born in Bergen. He chaired the Nortraship London office from 1940 to 1948. He was decorated Knight Commander of...
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  • Krišjānis Valdemārs (icebreaker) Irish Mercantile Marine during World War II Nortraship "S.O.S. - Save Our Souls", by Aleksandrs Krasnitskijs, printed in Chas...
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    Trygve Haavelmo (category Nortraship people)
    abroad and study in the United States. During World War II he worked with Nortraship in the Statistical Department in New York City. He received his PhD in...
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