Torrens
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Torrens
- IMO number
- 5365302
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- 6,692
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 151.9 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1939
- Builder
- Kockums
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Torrens
MS Torrens was a Norwegian cargo motor ship built in 1939 by Kockums Mek.Verksted AB., Malmö, Sweden, for Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg, Norway. In 1940, after the German invasion of Norway, the ship operated for the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship) in London. Voyages in early 1940 involved U.S. Atlantic ports and the Philippines, China and Japan. By mid 1940 the operations tended to be out of U.S. Pacific coast ports, with occasional visits to the Atlantic, to the same destinations. The same pattern repeated in 1941. With entry of the United States into the war Torrens was transferred to the U.S. War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 23 January 1942. The ship was allocated to Army requirements until 22 January 1946. The ship first operated as a cargo ship but was converted into a troop ship with a capacity for 1,702 passengers.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Torrens now?
- Torrens has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Torrens?
- Torrens is a ship, built in 1939 by Kockums. The vessel is 151.9 m long and has a gross tonnage of 6,692.
- Has Torrens been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Torrens appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).