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| Name: | Vardaas |
| Owner: | Agdesidens Rederi A/S |
| Operator: | Agdesidens Rederi / Nortraship |
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| Launched: | 1931 |
| Fate: | Hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-564 on 30 August 1942, and sunk the next day. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Oil tanker |
| Displacement: | 12,683 DWT |
MT Vardaas was a Norwegian oil tanker, built in 1931. It had a displacement of 12,683 DWT. Sailing for Arnt J. Mørland's shipping company and Nortraship, while on its way from Cape Town to Trinidad carrying dead freight, the ship was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-564 on 30 August 1942. All crew of 41 escaped in lifeboats and landed in Plymouth Bay, Tobago.