MS THOR VIKING (OGJE, LR 5425580) Valmistunut/Completed 1944.12 (or earlier?), Norge, Sandefjord, Framnæs mek. Verksted.
9000 dwt, 6650 HP (2 diesel engines), 142.49 x 18.10 x 7.95 m.
1940: CASTLEVILLE, ordered by D/S A/S International (A.F. Klaveness & Co A/S), Oslo 1941.11: DARSS, launched. German government, Kriegsmarine. 1944.12.18: sailed from Oslo, managers Norddeutscher Lloyd. December 30, enroute Århus - Oslo mined, towed to Århus. Repaired in Bremerhaven 1945.12: CASTLEVILLE, returned to D/S A/S International (A.F. Klaveness & Co A/S), Oslo.
1963: THOR VIKING, homeport Mariehamn. Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen. Intention to rebuild as a car and passenger ferry. Plans failed, sailed as a tramp. 1966: owners renamed AB Solstad, Mariheman. 1966: subsidiary of Sally rederiet.
1967.4: PHILIPPINE JASMIN, Laguna Nav Inc, Manila. Laid up at Stockholm. 1968: sailed from Stockholm. 1969: ATLAS EXPLORER, Atlas Shipping Lines Inc, Manila.
1974.8.3: demolished Kaohsiung, Tung Cheng Steel Manufacturing Co