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Julius Thomson

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Built 1927 for A/5 Kryolith Mine-og Handelsselskabet, Copenhagen, Denmark; A/5 Frederikshavn Vaerft & Flydedok, Frederikshavn, Denmark (yard No. 183); Gt.1,156, nt. 627, dwt. 800; 179.3' x 35.2'; one 5CyI triple exp. steam engine & Low Pressure turbine, ?hp, manufactured by Kjobenhavns, Flydk & Skibs, 8 kn.
The JULIUS THOMSEN was built at the Frederikshavn Shipyard and Floating Dock Ltd in 1927 at the same time as the Royal Greenland Trade Department was building DISKO. These two ships set a new standard for polar ships. She was named after the Danish chemist Julius Thomsen (1826-1909), famous for his research on cryolite, and delivered in September 1927.
Most conspicuous was the fact that the sails were gone, so JUTHO, as the ship was soon known, and DISKO both looked like ordinary small passenger ships, only the crow's nest in the foremast gave them away as being polar ships.
JUTHO was rather a small ship, measuring only 1,156 gross tons. After the occupation of Denmark in April 1940, JUTHO was deployed on regular service carrying supplies between the U.S.A. and the Greenlandic west coast under command of Capt. Otto Johannes Nielsen.
She was at Kirkwall for inspection during a voyage between Denmark and Greenland, April 9, 1940, and was then taken over by the British. She was transferred in 1940, to Ministry of Shipping/M.O.W.T. (J Currie & Co./ Currie Line, Ltd. mgrs., London), under British flag, but not renamed. In 1944, she was transferred to the Gronlands Styrelse, and in 1948, was back to her original owners, A/5 Kryolith Mine-og Handelsselskabet, Copenhagen.
In 1958, she was transferred to the Ministry of Greenland-Royal Greenland Trade Dept., Copenhagen. Broken up at Masnedo, Denmark, 1 st quarter 1963, by Paul Bergsoe.
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