Dr. Heinrich Wiegand was a cargo ship that was built in 1938 by Nysted Verksted, Oslo for the Argo Line, Bremen.

It was rated at 54 nhp and drove a screw propeller via a low-pressure turbine and a hydraulic coupling.

[2] Dr. Heinrich Wiegand was built as yard number 340 by Nylands Verksted, Oslo for Argo Line, Bremen.

[3] A notice appeared in The Times in August 1946 that her status as a prize was being decided in the British courts.

[2] On 19 August 1953, while on a voyage from Greenland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,[8] she caught fire off Cape Anguille, Newfoundland, Canada.

Her 24 crew and a passenger were rescued by the British steamship Corner Brook.

[2] On 1 April 1954,[2] she was sold to Oy Suomi Shipping Ab, Loviisa,[10] Finland and renamed Kaarina.

[10] She arrived at Hamburg, West Germany on 4 May 1968 for scrapping by Eckhardt & Co.[3] Media related to Else Basse (ship, 1939) at Wikimedia Commons