SS Norse Lady SS " Norse Lady " was a cargo ship built by Wood , Skinner and Company of Newcastle upon Tyne to the United Kingdom ' s standard First World War " War C " design . She traded from 1920 until 1958 , in which time she had six successive owners and four different names . In 1958 she ran aground in eastern Indonesia , was captured and beached by rebels , and then set on fire by a naval bombardment . She remained a wreck until 1966 , when she was scrapped in Taiwan . Owners and names . Wood , Skinner and Co laid her down in 1919 as War Glade , a standard " War " name for ships built under the UK ' s First World War merchant shipbuillding scheme . However , she was completed in January 1920 as Norefos for Skibs Aksjeselskap Thor Thoresens Linje of Norway , who registered her in Kristiania . In 1921 she was sold to Den Norske Amerikalinje Aksjeselskap ( " Norwegian America Line " ) who renamed her Norefjord and added her to its Skandinaviske Øst - Afrika Linje ( " Scandinavia East Africa Line " ) fleet . In 1949 she was sold to F . N . Nordbø of Haugesund , Norway who renamed her Ryvarden . She was laid up in Haugesund in 1953 and sold to Rolf Wigands Rederi of Bergen in 1954 . Rolf Wigands sold her to Halvorsen Shipping Co of Bergen in 1956 . She kept the name " Ryvarden " until 1958 , when Halvorsen sold her to Pan - Norse Steamship Co of Panama , who renamed her Norse Lady . Collisions . With SS " Palembang " , January 1942 . On 8 January 1942 " Norefjord " was part of Convoy HX 169 from Nova Scotia " en route " to Great Britain when she collided with the Dutch ship . Both ships were damaged and returned to port for repairs . " Norefjord " returned to service by sailing with Convoy HX 175 on 13 February but again she returned to port . On 19 February " Norefjord " sailed with Convoy HX - 176 . This time she successfully completed the voyage , reaching Liverpool , England on 6 March 1942 . With SS " Alcoa Rambler " , August 1942 . On 16 August 1942 " Norefjord " reached Halifax , Nova Scotia with Convoy BX 33 from Boston , Massachusetts . Having arrived , " Norefjord " was in Bedford Basin when she collided with the US cargo ship . " Norefjord " was damaged in the collision and subsequently beached . " Alcoa Rambler " had been proceeding seawards , down the fairway , heading south - southeast . " Rambler " was laden with a cargo of explosives , was being escorted by a naval launch , and both " Rambler " and her escort were flying the warning flags required under local regulations . " Norefjord " had been crossing the fairway on an easterly course . It was daylight and the two ships sighted each other at a range of about . The basin was congested with other ships , a number of changes of course were required , and " Norefjord " had repeatedly changed her course further to port before the two ships collided . The case between the owners of the two ships came to court in 1949 and its implications are now referred to in a guide to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea . Stranded and shelled , August 1958 . On 14 August 1958 " Norse Lady " was off Parigi , Central Sulawesi , Indonesia when she ran aground . On 16 August Permesta rebels captured her , refloated her and took her about east to Belang in the rebels ' heartland in Minahasa , North Sulawesi . The rebels beached " Norse Lady " at Belang , but the Indonesian Navy sighted her there on 18 August , shelled her on 22 August and she was burnt out . In March 1966 Hong Kong purchasers bought her wreck . They sold her to Taiwanese shipbreakers who towed " Norse Lady " to Kaohsiung , Taiwan and scrapped her .