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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 127171 Cedar Trader (ship).jpg en Moller Co's ore carrier Cedar Trader Götaverken of Gothenburg Sweden built her in 1929 as the 8 038 GRT oil tanker Sandefjord for Viriks Rederi of Sandefjord Norway In 1937 Sigurd Herlofson Co bought her and renamed her Herbjørn In 1941 the German cruiser Admiral Scheer captured her and put a prize crew aboard Admiral Scheer and the auxiliary cruiser Thor used Herbjørn to send more than 200 prisoners to Bordeaux Herbjørn was renamed Monsun and registered in Germany In 1943 an RAF bombing raid on Nantes set her afire and afterwards she was scuttled as a blockship <br>In 1945 Monsun was raised and repaired In 1946 she joined the fleet of Societe Anonyme Courtage et Transports of Le Havre and was renamed Briére In 1954 she was bought by Transoceanic Transport Co of Liberia and renamed Cape Mount In 1955 Trader Line of Bermuda bought her and renamed her Cedar Trader She was converted into an ore carrier registered in London and Moller Co of Hong Kong was appointed to manage her In May 1964 she was laid up in Hong Kong and in September Typhoon Ruby drove her ashore and damaged her In October she was refloated and in 1965 she was scrapped handle 10462/deriv/82500 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs of ships Cedar Trader ship 1929 DEFAULTSORT Cedar Trader 1929 | ||||
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