- Second World War
- Fate
- Notes
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=Denmark | Denmark}} | Ship name=Aase Mærsk | Ship namesake= | Ship owner=*Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60)- Ministry of War Transport (1940–)
| Ship operator=*Mærsk Line (1930–40, 1945–60) | Ship builder=Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=1930 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed=September 1930 | Ship acquired= | UK|civil}} Belfast (1940) | Ship identification=*UK official number 174208- call sign BFXW
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship type= | 6814}}- tonnage under deck 5,505
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| 407.1|ft}} p/p | 54.9|ft}} | 30.4|ft}} | 26|ft|10+1/4|in|2}} | Ship power=489 NHP | Ship propulsion=6-cylinder 4-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine | 11|kn|km/h}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship complement= | Ship sensors= wireless direction finding | Ship armament= | Ship notes=
}} | MV Aase Maersk or Aase Mærsk was a Danish {{GRT|6184}} oil tanker. Odense Steel Shipyard of Odense built her in 1930 for A. P. Moller of Copenhagen. She was a motor ship, powered by a Burmeister & Wain six-cylinder four-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine developing 489 NHP.[1]Second World WarIn the Second World War the UK Ministry of War Transport took her over and appointed C.T. Bowring & Co to manage her.[1] She served with the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Navy. The {{sclass-|Bathurst|corvette}} {{HMAS|Geelong|J201|6}} collided with her on 11 November 1942. Aase Mærsk was returned to her owners in 1945. FateAase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960. Notes1. ^1 {{cite book |url= http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=43b0029.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships |year=1940 |publisher=Lloyd's Register |accessdate=19 September 2011}}
References- {{cite book |last=Wilson |first=Michael |year= |title=Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services |volume=Profile No. 4 |edition=Revised |publisher=Topmill Pty Ltd |place=Marrickville |isbn=978-1-876270-72-8 |page=}}{{page needed|date=September 2014}}
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