A sistership of MS Cometa?

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StefanSiverud
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A sistership of MS Cometa?

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Post by StefanSiverud » 11 Dec 2014, 20:14

I'm wondering if this ship, listed as unidentified:
http://www.marinmuseum.se/sv/samlingar/ ... &origin=sm
http://www.marinmuseum.se/sv/samlingar/ ... &origin=sm
might be either the MS Cometa:
http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsc.html#cometa
or a sister ship or something else? The camouflage seems similar enough except for the bow section (makes sense to paint over the Norwegian national markings when it entered Kriegsmarine service), but the mast arrangement is different.

The photo is taken in the Baltic in or near Swedish waters in 1941. I know I've read about a ship there having "Churchill on the potty" painted on one side and Cunningham on the other, or something along those lines, but I can't remember where...

Ideas?

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Re: A sistership of MS Cometa?

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Post by kgvm » 19 Dec 2014, 18:41

It's the "Finnland", which was started as Norwegian "Hopeville". But 1941 is not possible, she was completed in May 1942 only.


StefanSiverud
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Re: A sistership of MS Cometa?

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Post by StefanSiverud » 19 Dec 2014, 22:58

That's a match. Thanks a lot!
I'll forward the information to the museum.

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