SS Lidvard
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Lidvard |
| Builder/Built | 1939 Malmõ, Sweden |
| Type | Motor ship Passenger/cargo |
| Displacement | 4,785 tons |
Remarks
On 30 May 1940 the SS Lidvard arrived in Dakar from Saigon with a cargo of rice and was interned by the French forces there. On 27 Jul 1941 Lidvard made history when, through ingenious workmanship and planning, she escaped from Dakar, and after a nerve racking voyage she made it safely to Freetown on July 29 (the Vichy French patrol boat Edith Germaine was sent out to look for her, but could not catch up with her).
Lidvard was leased by Nortraship to the Australian Army Transport Corps very soon after her escape from Dakar and spent the rest of the war mainly on Australian coastal trade.