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SF Hydro, the Glossary

SF Hydro was a Norwegian steam powered railway ferry that operated in the first half of the 20th century on Lake Tinn in Telemark.^[1]

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1944 in Norway
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Akers mekaniske Verksted

Akers mekaniske Verksted (often abbreviated Akers mek. Verksted or Akers Mek.) was a workshop, later a shipyard which was established in Fossveien by the Aker River in Oslo in 1841.

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Ammonia

Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.

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Anthony Cave Brown

Anthony Cave Brown (21 March 1929 – 14 July 2006) was a British journalist, espionage non-fiction writer, and historian.

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Bodyguard of Lies

Bodyguard of Lies is a 1975 non-fiction book on Allied military deception operations during World War II written by Anthony Cave Brown.

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Drain the Oceans

Drain the Oceans is an Australian and British documentary television series that premiered on 28 May 2018 on National Geographic.

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Fertilizer

A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.

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German occupation of Norway

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung.

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Gross register tonnage

Gross register tonnage (GRT, grt, g.r.t., gt), or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to.

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Hardangervidda

Hardangervidda (Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: vidde) in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Telemark, and Buskerud counties.

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Heavy water (deuterium oxide) is a form of water whose hydrogen atoms are all deuterium (or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope (also called protium) that makes up most of the hydrogen in normal water.

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Hydro Transport

Hydro Transport AS was a railway- and shipping company responsible for the transport of chemicals from Norsk Hydro Rjukan.

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IG Farben

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Ingolfsland Station

Ingolfsland Station (Ingolfsland stasjon) is an abandoned railway station on the Rjukan Line at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway.

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Knut Haukelid

Knut Haukelid (May 17, 1911 - March 8, 1994) was a Norwegian military officer.

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Knut Lier-Hansen

Knut Lier-Hansen (8 September 1916 – 28 March 2008) was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II.

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Lifeboat (shipboard)

A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.

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Lifebuoy

A lifebuoy is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning.

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Mæl Station

Mæl Station (Mæl stasjon) is a railroad station located at Tinn in Telemark, Norway.

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National Geographic (American TV channel)

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%), with the operational management handled by Disney Entertainment.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just Hydro) is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo.

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Norwegian heavy water sabotage

The Norwegian heavy water sabotage (Tungtvannsaksjonen; Tungtvassaksjonen) was a series of Allied-led efforts to halt German heavy water production via hydroelectric plants in Nazi Germany-occupied Norway during World War II, involving both Norwegian commandos and Allied bombing raids.

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Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum

Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum (Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum) is an industrial museum located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway.

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Norwegian krone

The krone (abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); code: NOK), plural kroner, is the currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including overseas territories and dependencies).

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Norwegian resistance movement

The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945.

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Notodden Old Station

Notodden Old Station (Notodden gamle stasjon) was the railway station serving Notodden, Norway, from 1909 to 1919.

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Nova (American TV program)

Nova (stylized as NOVΛ) is an American popular science television program produced by WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1974.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water

Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (original title: Kampen om tungtvannet, French title: La Bataille de l'eau lourde) is a Norwegian-French film from 1948.

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Oslo

Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Plastic explosive

Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material.

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Potassium hydroxide

Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, and is commonly called caustic potash.

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Potassium nitrate

Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula.

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Railroad car

A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Remotely operated underwater vehicle

A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) or remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is a free-swimming submersible craft used to perform underwater observation, inspection and physical tasks such as valve operations, hydraulic functions and other general tasks within the subsea oil and gas industry, military, scientific and other applications.

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Rjukan

Rjukan is a town in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway.

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Rjukan Line

The Rjukan Line (Rjukanbanen), at first called the Vestfjorddal Line, was a Norwegian railway line running through Vestfjorddalen between Mæl and Rjukan in Telemark county.

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Rjukan Station

Rjukan Station (Rjukan stasjon) is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway.

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SF Ammonia

SF Ammonia is a steam-powered railway ferry on Lake Tinn in Telemark, Norway. SF Hydro and sF Ammonia are Ferries of Norsk Transport and Steamships of Norway.

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SF Rjukanfoss

D/F Rjukanfoss, prior to 1946 named Rjukanfos, was steam-powered railway ferry that operated between Mæl and Tinnoset on the Lake Tinn, Norway. SF Hydro and sF Rjukanfoss are Ferries of Norsk Transport and Steamships of Norway.

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Skien

Skien is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway.

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Special Operations Executive

Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Steamboat

A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.

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Telemark

Telemark is a county and a current electoral district in Norway.

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The Heavy Water War

The Heavy Water War (original title Kampen om tungtvannet and alternative title The Saboteurs (United Kingdom)) is a six-episode war drama television miniseries written by Petter S. Rosenlund and produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

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The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from Skis Against the Atom, the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldier Knut Haukelid.

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Tinnoset

Tinnoset is a village in Notodden Municipality in Telemark county, Norway.

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Tinnoset Line

The Tinnoset Line (Tinnosbanen) was a long Norwegian railway line that went from Tinnoset to Notodden in Telemark county.

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Tinnoset Station

Tinnoset Station (Tinnoset stasjon) is a disused railway station on the Tinnoset Line located at Tinnoset in Notodden, Norway.

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Tinnsjå

Tinnsjå (also known as Tinnsjø or Tinnsjøen; Lake Tinn) is one of the largest lakes in Norway measuring about.

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Tinnsjø railway ferry

Tinnsjø railway ferry was a Norwegian railway ferry service on Lake Tinn that connected the Rjukan Line and Tinnoset Line. SF Hydro and Tinnsjø railway ferry are Ferries of Norsk Transport.

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Train ferry

A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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Vemork

Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Hydro

Also known as D/F Hydro, DF Hydro, Sinking of SF Hydro.

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SF Hydro, the Glossary

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1944 in Norway

Ferries of Norsk Transport

Maritime incidents in Norway

Ship bombings

Ships built in Oslo

Shipwrecks in lakes

References