SS Stavangerfjord (1918)

SS Stavangerfjord was a Norwegian passenger ocean liner that sailed for the Norwegian America Line between Norway and the United States and sailed periodically to Canada.[3] She was the third ship of the Norwegian American Line, and similar to the company's first two ships. SS Stavangerfjord was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, England. The ship was launched on 21 May 1917, and was put into service in April 1918. The ship sailed to New York and due to World War I, it did not arrive in Bergen until 21 September 1918. In 1924 her fuel was converted from coal to oil combustion.[1][2][4]

Arrival in Oslo around 1920
History
Norway
Name: SS Stavangerfjord
Owner: Norwegian America Line
Port of registry: Stavanger Norway
Route:
  • Route 1:Kristiania/Oslo – Kristiansand – Stavanger – Bergen – New York
  • Route 2:Oslo – Halifax
Builder: Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, UK
Yard number: 821
Launched: 22 May 1918
Acquired: April 1918
Maiden voyage: 21 September 1918
Fate: Scrapped 1964 in Hong Kong by Patt, Manfield & Co. Ltd
General characteristics
Class and type: Ocean liner
Tonnage: 12,997 gross tons
Length: 532.5 ft
Beam: 64.2 ft
Draft: 29.3 ft
Installed power:
  • Quadruple expansion engine with 8 cylinders of 26, 37​1⁄2, 53 & 75 inches diameter each pair; stroke 51 inches operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) The engine was built by the same company as the hull.
  • 1,575 nominal horsepower
  • 8 single ended boilers
  • 32 corrugated furnaces with a grate surface 590 sq. ft. and a heating surface 23,000 sq. ft forced draught.
Speed: 15 knots
Capacity:
  • 1,236 passengers
  • 88 first class
  • 318 second class
  • 830 third class
Notes: [1][2]

The ship was seized by Nazi German occupiers in Oslo in 1940 and was used as a depot ship throughout World War II. After the war, the shipping company resumed the ship in transatlantic scheduled traffic between New York and several ports in Norway. The "Old Lady" faithfully crossed the Atlantic until 1964 when she was sold for scrapping. As her last service, she was allowed to serve as a hotel carrier during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1][5][6][7]

Important transatlantic connection

For more than four decades, the steamship Stavangerfjord sailed an important transatlantic route. SS Stavangerfjord was the shipping company's ship that sailed for the longest time on this route. The route was important for travelers between North America and Scandinavia, for the Norwegian-Americans in particular. An arrival of SS Stavangerfjord was an important event in the ports where the ship arrived, until the route lost in competition with the air traffic.[2][4]

See also

References
  1. SS Stavangerfjord warsailors.com
  2. S/S Stavangerfjord, NAL – The Norwegian-America Line Norway Heritage – Hands across the sea
  3. Immigrant Ships, Transcribers Guild SS Stavangerfjord 1952 passengers list Oslo-Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. immigrantships.net
  4. Yngvar Holm: Den store boken om Amerikabåtene. Nasjonens maritime stolthet. Edvard'en forlag, Bergen 2004.(in Norwegian)
  5. 100 år siden første reise med Stavangerfjord:– Stavangerfjord var vår nasjonale stolthet abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian)
  6. D/S Stavangerfjord Sjøhistorie (in Norwegian)
  7. Siste reis med DS Stavangerfjord [Last trip with SS Stavangerfjord NRK (in Norwegian)
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