Oldendorff Centenary Book - Flipbook - Page 167
he smaller units continued
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trading in the North and
Baltic Seas but the larger
ones also found other
employment.
Fleet expansion continued: DORA
OLDENDORFF (1), built 1896 and of
4,470 tdw, named after the owner’s
sister, was purchased in 1938, to
be followed in 1939 by HUGO
OLDENDORFF (1) of 3,000 tdw,
ERNA OLDENDORFF (3,400 tdw) and
HENNING OLDENDORFF (5,930 tdw).
This brought the average deadweight
capacity of the ten Oldendorff ships
to 2,785 tonnes. The smaller units
continued trading in the North and
Baltic Seas but the larger ones
also found other employment:
Scandinavian ores to Germany, timber
from Baltic ports to the Netherlands,
pit props and pulpwood from the
Baltic to the United Kingdom and to
the Netherlands, pitch from the river
Thames to the Mediterranean, grain
from the Baltic and the Black Sea to
various destinations, pyrites from
Spain to Northern Europe, locust
beans from Cyprus to Wales, etc.
LUDOLF (1)
1936-1944
ss LUDOLF OLDENDORFF
approaching Holtenau locks,
Kiel Canal
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