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Hurtigruten
 
Norwegian Coastal Express
Page 1: Steamships 1893-1962
 
 
This is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Norwegian Coastal Express (Hurtigruten). This page covers the steam powered ships in the fleet, the last of which was withdrawn in 1962.
 
The newly started Vesteraalens Dampskipsselskap (VDS) in Stokmarknes took the challenge to start the coastal express. Captain Richard With and his crew had for a longer time measured speed and time for the route and they believed it possible to start a coastal express route. On the 18th of May 1893, VDS signed an agreement with the Norwegian government for a support for one weekly sailing between Trondheim and Tromsø in the wintertime and Trondheim and Hammerfest in the summer. On the 2nd of July 1893, Vesteraalen left Trondheim for Hammerfest on the first voyage. Later the route was expanded to sail from Bergen to Kirkenes.
 
Today the two hurtigrute-companies have 13 vessels. The companies are OVDS (Ofoten & Vesterålens Dampskipsselskap) and TFDS (Troms fylkes dampskipsselskap). OVDS runs 7 ships and TFDS run 6 ships. The ordinary service requires 11 ships running in the service and each company has one older extra ship. Every port from Bergen to Kirkenes has two visits every day, in the north direction and in the south direction.
 
My thanks to Arild Steinsland for his assistence with this page.
 
 
Ships on this Page:-
Ariadne - BDS: 1939-1954
Astrea - BDS: 1900-1910
Barøy (1) - ODS: 1940-1941
Capella - BDS: 1910-1912
Dronning Maud - BDS: 1925
Erling Jarl (1) - NFDS: 1895
Finnmarken (1) - VDS: 1912
Haarkon Adalstein - NFDS: 1902,1905-1930
Hadsel - VDS: 1940
Håkon VII - NFDS: 1907
Hera - BDS: 1913-1931
Irma - BDS: 1905
Jupiter (1) - BDS: 1856
Jupiter (2) - BDS: 1916
Lofoten (1) - VDS: 1932
Lyngen (1) - TFDS: 1931
Lyra (1) - BDS: 1905-1913
Kong Gudrød - NFDS: 1910
Kong Haakon - DSD: 1904
Kong Harald (1) - NFDS: 1890
Midnatsol (1) - BDS: 1910
Mira - BDS: 1891
Neptun - BDS: 1890
Nordstjernen (1) - BDS: 1937-1954
Olaf Kyrre - NFDS: 1895,1899-1903
Orion - BDS: 1898-1907
Polarlys (1) - BDS: 1912
Princesse Ragnhild - NFDS: 1931
Prins Olav - NFDS - Built: 1907
Ragnvald Jarl (1) - NFDS: 1930
Richard With (1) - VDS: 1909
Sanct Svithun (1) - DSD: 1927-1943
Sigurd Jarl (1) - NFDS: 1894
Sigurd Jarl (2) - NFDS: 1942-1960
Sirius - BDS: 1885
Skjerstad - NDS: 1945-1958
Vesteraalen (1) - VDS: 1891
 
Hurtigruten Pages:-
Hurtigruten - Header Page
Hurtigruten - Page 1 - Steamships 1893-1948 - this page!
Hurtigruten - Page 2 - Motorships 1942-1950
Hurtigruten - Page 3 - Motorships 1951-1956
Hurtigruten - Page 4 - Motorships 1956-1964
Hurtigruten - Page 5 - Motorships 1982-1983
Hurtigruten - Page 6 - New Generation Ships 1993-
Hurtigruten - 2005 Fleet
 
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Hurtigruten
Steamships 1893-1962
 
 
1: Vesteraalen (1)
VDS - Built: 1891 - Hurtigruten: 1893-1941
 
Postcard of Vesteraalen.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Photograph of Vesteraalen.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
2: Sirius
BDS - Built: 1885 - Hurtigruten: 1894-1895
 
BDS Postcard of Sirius.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
3: Olaf Kyrre
NFDS - Built: 1885 - Hurtigruten: 1895,1899-1903
 
Modern repro postcard of Olaf Kyrre.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
4: Erling Jarl (1)
NFDS - Built: 1895 - Hurtigruten: 1895, 1899-1941
 
NFDS postcard of Erling Jarl.
 
 
Postcard of Erling Jarl.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
5: Jupiter (1)
BDS - Built: 1856 - Hurtigruten: 1896,1907-1910
 
Postcard of Jupiter
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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6: Orion
BDS - Built: 1874 - Hurtigruten: 1898-1907
 
Modern reproduction postcard of Orion
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
8: Capella
BDS - Built: 1895 - Hurtigruten: 1910-1912
 
Modern reproduction postcard of Capella.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
10: Astrea
BDS - Built: 1900 - Hurtigruten: 1900-1910
 
BDS Postcard of Astrea.
 
 
 
 
 
11: Haarkon Adalstein
NFDS - Built: 1973 - Hurtigruten: 1902,1905-1930
 
Modern reproduction postcard of Haarkon Adalstein.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Postcard of Haarkon Adalstein with white hull.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
12: Lyra (1)
BDS - Built: 1905 - Hurtigruten: 1905-1913
 
Modern reproduction postcard of Lyra.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
Postcard of Lyra.
Scan: Arild Steinsland - original issue of card above
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13: Sigurd Jarl (1)
NFDS - Built: 1894 - Hurtigruten: 1907-1940
 
NFDS postcard of Sigurd Jarl (1).
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
14: Richard With (1)
VDS - Built: 1909 - Hurtigruten: 1909-1941
 
Postcard of Richard With.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
VDS postcard of Richard With.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
15: Midnatsol (1)
BDS - Built: 1910 - Hurtigruten: 1910-1950
 
BDS postcard of Midnatsol.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Postcard of Midnatsol.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
16: Polarlys (1)
BDS - Built: 1912 - Hurtigruten: 1912-1951
 
BDS postcard of Polarlys.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
17: Finnmarken (1)
VDS - Built: 1912 - Hurtigruten: 1912-1956
 
VDS postcard of Finnmarken.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Postcard of Finnmarken.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Enlarged image from the postcard above of Finnmarken.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
18: Hera
BDS - Built: 1889 - Hurtigruten: 1913-1931
 
BDS postcard of Hera.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
 
21: Kong Haakon
DSD - Built: 1904 - Hurtigruten: 1919-27, 1941-44, 1946-50
 
Postcard of Kong Haakon.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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Postcard of Kong Haakon.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
22: Kong Harald (1)
NFDS - Built: 1890 - Hurtigruten: 1919-1950
 
NFDS postcard of Kong Harald.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
NFDS postcard of Kong Harald.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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Postcard of Kong Harald.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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Photograph of Kong Harald after rebuilding.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
23: Neptun
BDS - Built: 1890 - Hurtigruten: 1919-1921
 
Postcard of Neptun
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Postcard of Neptun at the North Cape
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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24: Håkon VII
NFDS - Built: 1907 - Hurtigruten: 1923-1929
 
NFDS postcard of Håkon VII.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
NFDS postcard of Håkon VII.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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25: Dronning Maud
BDS - Built: 1925 - Hurtigruten: 1925-1940
 
Postcard of Dronning Maud.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Postcard of Dronning Maud.
 
 
 
 
 
26: Sanct Svithun (1)
DSD - Built: 1927 - Hurtigruten: 1927-1943
 
Postcard of Sanct Svithun (1)
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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27: Mira
BDS - Built: 1891 - Hurtigruten: 1927-1937, 1941
 
BDS postcard of Mira.
 
 
Postcard of Mira.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
28: Kong Gudrød
DSD - Built: 1910 - Hurtigruten: 1930-1934
 
Photograph of Kong Gudrød.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
29: Irma
BDS - Built: 1905 - Hurtigruten: 1931-1944
 
Postcard of Irma.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
30: Princesse Ragnhild
NFDS - Built: 1931 - Hurtigruten: 1931-1940
 
Postcard of Princesse Ragnhild.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
31: Lofoten (1)
VDS - Built: 1932 - Hurtigruten: 1932-1964
 
VDS postcard of Lofoten.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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VDS postcard of Lofoten.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
33: Prins Olav
NFDS - Built: 1907 - Hurtigruten: 1937-1940
 
NFDS postcard of Prins Olav.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
NFDS postcard of Prins Olav, with Midnatsol (1)
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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34: Nordstjernen
BDS - Built: 1937 - Hurtigruten: 1937-1954
 
BDS Postcard of Nordstjernen.
 
 
 
 
 
35: Ariadne
BDS - Built: 1930 - Hurtigruten: 1939-1954
 
BDS Postcard of Ariadne.
 
 
 
 
 
36: Barøy (1)
ODS - Built: 1929 - Hurtigruten: 1940-1941
 
Photographic postcard of Barøy (1).
 
 
 
 
 
38: Hadsel
VDS - Built: 1940 - Hurtigruten: 1941-1951
 
Hadsel was the first motorship to be used on the Hurtigruten, but is shown on this steamship page for completeness.
 
VDS postcard of Hadsel.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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39: Ragnvald Jarl (1)
NFDS - Built: 1930 - Hurtigruten: 1942-1956
 
Ragnvald Jarl (1) was the first large passenger motorship to be used on the Hurtigruten, but is shown on this steamship page for completeness. She was built as Bornholm (2) in 1930 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen for Bornholm services. Bornholm (2) was 1808 grt, 77.72m long and carried 170 passengers. Her speed was 13.5 knots. In 1940 she was sold to Nordenfjeldske D/S, Trondheim, Norway for Coastal Express (Hurtigruten) services as Ragnvald Jarl. In February 1956 she was renamed Harald Jarl, but was sold six months later to Lübeck-Linie AG, Lübeck, germany as the Nordland. She was rebuilt by Flender-Werft, Lübeck, after which she could carry 470 passengers (170 berthed) and 35 cars. Nordland operated on a route Travemünde-Copehagen-Helsingborg until 1959, after which she was used for cruising. In 1970 Nordland was sold to Carelia Lines of Helsinki, and renamed Suvetar, but was broken up in Spain later in the same year.
 
Complete history of Ragnvald Jarl
 
 
Photograph of Bornholm (2) in Bornholm service.
Scan: Peter Therkildsen.
 
 
NFDS postcard of Ragnvald Jarl (1).
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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Postcard of Nordland in Lübeck-Linie service.
 
 
 
 
 
 
40: Sigurd Jarl (2)
NFDS - Built: 1942 - Hurtigruten: 1942-1960
 
NFDS postcard of Sigurd Jarl (2).
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
 
 
 
42: Skjerstad
NDS - Built: 1925 - Hurtigruten: 1945-1958
 
Skjerstad was built as Hansa for Hallands (Halmstad) in 1925. She was bought by NDS in 1940. She received a substantial rebuild in 1945, and was then used on the Hurtigrute until 1958. She was sold in 1959.
 
 
Postcard of Skjerstad before rebuild of 1945.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
Postcard of Skjerstad after rebuild of 1945.
 
 
 
 
 
49: Lyngen (1)
TFDS - Built: 1931 - Hurtigruten: 1948-1949
 
TFDS postcard of Lyngen (1)
Scan: Arild Steinsland
 
 
TFDS postcard of Lyngen (1)
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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62: Jupiter (2)
BDS - Built: 1916 - Hurtigruten: 1954-1955
 
The BDS North Sea ferry Jupiter was darfted onto Hurtigruten services in 1954 following the loss of the Nordstjernen (1) of 1937. Dating from 1916, Jupiter mainly served between Bergen-Newcastle until WW2. She was refurbished after the war, and returned to the Newcastle service until replaced by the Leda in 1953, making her available for Hurtigruten service at short notice following Nordstjernen's loss. She was replaced by the Meteor in 1955, until Nordstjernen's replacement by the new motorship Nordstjernen (2) los in 1956.
 
 
BDS postcard of Jupiter and sister Leda.
 
 
BDS postcard of Jupiter and sister Leda.
 
 
BDS postcard of Jupiter.
 
 
BDS postcard of Jupiter.
 
 
Postcard of Jupiter
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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