Several ships have borne the name Krossfonn, after a snowdrift in Suldal, Norway:
Suldal is a municipality in the northeast corner of Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. Since 1965, the administrative centre of Suldal is the village of Sand i Ryfylke. Other villages in Suldal include Hålandsosen, Jelsa, Marvik, Nesflaten, and Suldalsosen.
- MS Krossfonn (1935) was a 9,323-ton tanker launched on 16 May 1935, by Odense Steel Shipyard in Odense, Denmark for Skibs A/S Dalfonn of Stavanger, Norway. Captured by a German raider in 1940 and renamed Spichern. Sold twice post-war and renamed Ringfjell in 1949 and Ringsaker in 1961. Converted to ore carrier in 1955. Scrapped in Bremen, Germany in March 1964. [1]
- MS Krossfonn (1960) was a 13,481-ton bulk carrier launched on 23 November 1960, by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for I/S Krossfonn of Stavanger, Norway. Sold four times, renamed San Francesco in 1972, Sarandi in 1974 and Leros Island in 1981. Scrapped in Jiangsu, China, from April 1984. [2]
A tanker is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and gas carrier. Tankers also carry commodities such as vegetable oils, molasses and wine. In the United States Navy and Military Sealift Command, a tanker used to refuel other ships is called an oiler but many other navies use the terms tanker and replenishment tanker.
Odense Steel Shipyard was a Danish shipyard company located in Odense. It was best known for building container ships for its parent group, A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, including the Mærsk E class in 2006 which at the time were the biggest container ships in the world. The global financial crisis led to Maersk announcing its closure in 2009 and the last new ship was delivered in January 2012.
Stavanger is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in Norway and the administrative centre of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in Southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part of the city's cultural heritage. This has caused the town centre and inner city to retain a small-town character with an unusually high ratio of detached houses, and has contributed significantly to spreading the city's population growth to outlying parts of Greater Stavanger.
