Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

While under construction she was requisitioned by the British navy and put in service under the management of British Tanker Company.

One of five almost identical vessels in this so called Dale class. The only difference between the five vessels was the engine they were equipped with, and a small difference in size.

At the German invasion on Norway, operation Weserübung in April 1940, the British sent an expedition towards Narvik to prevent further advances by the German operation. Among all these vessels also the tanker Boardale took part, which sailed towards Narvik as a support vessel for Royal Navy.

On 30th of April 1940 Boardale stranded in Åsanfjorden at Bø and was stuck on the reef. The next days the weather worsened, and after a couple of days Boardale was practically blown of the reef and sunk in the deep at Hausan in Vesterålen. The whole crew onboard got away wihhout injuries. Today the wreck of Boardale rest on a depth of sixty seven meters listed on the port side relatively intact outside Hausan.