M/S THOR VIKING

Built 1941-45 as CASTLEVILLE by A/S Framnæs Mek. Verks., Sandefjord, Norway #126 for Dampskibs A/S International (A. F. Klaveness & Co. A/S), Oslo
GRT 6184

Requisitioned by German Government prior to completion
1944 DARSS Deutsches Reich (Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, mgrs.)
Recovered by owners 1945, entered service 11/46 after refitting
1945 CASTLEVILLE Dampskibs A/S International (A. F. Klaveness & Co. A/S), Oslo
1963 THOR VIKING Rederi A/B Viking Linjen (Henning Rundberg), Mariehamn
1967 PHILIPPINE JASMIN Laguna Navigation, Inc., Manila
1969 ATLAS EXPLORER Atlas Shipping Lines, Inc., Manila
1974 Arrived prior to August 3. at Kaohsiung for demolition.

This photo is taken at Rotterdam, R.D.M. in 1963

This vessel was acquired for rebuilding as a car passenger ferry in 1963 but the plans never realized.

Information concerning vessel's history is thanks to Wm. A. Schell