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Rederi AB Gotland
 
Part 1 - The Passenger Ferries 1866-1962
 
 
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards of the ferry companies which have served the island of Gotland. Separate pages will be added to show the ferries of Gotlandslinjen and Destination Gotland. This page covers the passenger ships up to 1962. Gotland - Part 2 covers the car ferries from 1962 to 1987.
 
An alphabetical list of ships covered on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official postcards of the fleet in alphabetical order.
 
Rederi AB Gotland provided services to the Gotland for an unbroken run of 122 years up to 1987, when the operating rights passed to Nordström & Thulin subsidiary Gotlandslinjen. Following the Estonia disaster (owned by another Nordström & Thulin subsidiary Estline) the parent company announced that it would abandon passenger ferries, and Gotland services have reverted back to the original company, now trading as Destination Gotland.
 
 
Ships on This Page (1866-1962):-
Brynhild - 1944 (charter)
Carlsö - 1925-60
Christofer Polhem - 1955-63
Drotten (1) - 1940-66
Gotland (1) - 1868-1935
Gotland (2) - 1936-64
Hansa - 1899-1944
Polhem (1) - 1889-1928
Thjelvar (1) - 1876-1955
Vineta - 1913-16
Visby (1) - 1924-63
Wisby - 1866-1914
 
Ships on Page 2 (1962-87):-
Drotten (2) - 1980-82
Gotland (3) - 1964-73
Gotland (4) - 1973-89
Gotland (5) - 1981
Gotlandia - 1967-1978
Hoburgen - 2000-
Ölänningen - 1967-1972
Polhem (2) - 1966-1972
Polhem (3) - 1976-1981
Thjelvar (2) - 1962-1964
Thjelvar (3) - 1973-74
Visby (2) - 1964-70
Visby (3) - 1972-80
Visby (4) - 1980-87,1997-2003
Visborg (1) - 1961-63
Visborg (2) - 2003
 
Associated Pages:-
Gotland - Page 1 - Gotland Passenger Perries 1866-1962 - this page!
Gotland - Page 2 - Gotland Car Ferries 1962-1987
Gotlandslinjen - Gotland services 1987-1998
Destination Gotland - Gotland services 1998-
Sessan Line
Scandinavisk Linietrafik
Viking Lines
Ferry Postcards
Simplon Postcards Home Page
 
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Table of Ship Histories

Name

Other names

 Built
 Christofer Polhem  Kronprinsessan Ingrid, Marina

 1935
 Drotten (2)  Visby, Corsica Viva II, Corsica Regina, Sardinia Regina

 1972
 Gotland (4)  Corsica Victoria

 1973
 Gotland (5)  Wasa Star, Peter Wessel

 1981
 Polhem  Scania, Scania Express, Nereus

 1963
 Thjelvar (2)  Prinsessan Margaretha, Wasa Express (1)

 1955
 Thjelvar (4)  Travemünde, Travemünde Link, Sally Star, Wasa Express

 1981
 Visby (3)  Drotten, Corsica Viva II, Corsica Regina, Sardinia Regina

 1972
 Visby (4)  Felicity, Stena Felicity

 1980
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rederi AB Gotland Fleet List
Part 1 - The Passenger Ferries 1866-62
 
 
Wisby (1866-1914)
 
Wisby was built in Norrköping in 1866. She served with Ångfartygs AB Gotland until 1914, when she was sold. She was not scrapped until 1927.
 
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gotland (1) (1868-1935)
 
The first Gotland served with Ångfartygsbolaget Gotland, Visby (later Ångfartygs AB Gotland) from 1868, when she was built in Stockholm, until sold in 1935 to new Swedish owners. She served with various companies until scrapped in 1951.
 
 
Postcard of Gotland (1).
 
 
 
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thjelvar (1) (1876-1955)
 
The first Thjelvar served with Ångfartygsbolaget Gotland, Visby (later Ångfartygs AB Gotland) from 1876, when she was built in Stockholm, until sold in 1955 to new Swedish owners. She was scrapped in 1962.
 
 
An official postcard of Thjelvar.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Thjelvar.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Thjelvar.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
A postcard of Thjelvar in Visby.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polhem (1889-1928)
 
Polhem was built in 1889, and served with Ångfartygs AB Gotland (later Rederi AB Gotland) until she was sold in 1928. She served from Landskrona until sold to the Greeks in 1945. She was removed from Lloyd's Register in 1986.
 
 
A postcard of Polhem.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hansa (1899-1944)
 
Hansa was built in 1899, and served with Ångfartygs AB Gotland (later Rederi AB Gotland) until she was torpedoed in 1944.
 
 
A postcard of Hansa in Visby.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Hansa.
 
 
 
 
 
Vineta (1913-16)
 
Vineta was built in 1913 for Ångfartygs AB Gotland, and sold in 1916 to Rederi AB Svea. She was lost in 1918.
 
 
An official postcard of Vineta.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Vineta.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Visby (1) (1924-63)
 
The first Visby (ignoring earlier spelling as Wisby) served with Ångfartygs AB Gotland (later Rederi AB Gotland) from 1924, when she was built in Oskarshamn, until sold in 1963 to Skagenlinjen Rederi Ab, Göteborg (Stena AB). She was renamed Skagen II, and registered ownership was changed to Stena AB in 1964. She was used on the early Stena Line Göteborg - Frederikshavn service.
 
 
An official postcard of Visby.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Visby.
 
 
 
A postcard of Visby at Visby.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
A postcard of Visby at Visby.
Scan: Mete Erbil.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Visby.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carlsö (1925-60)
 
Carlsö was built in 1918 as the Frem. Carlsö served with Ångfartygs AB Gotland (later Rederi AB Gotland) from 1925 to 1960. She subsequently served as Karlsöklubben and Wanja.
 
 
A postcard of Carlsö.
 
 
 
A postcard of Carlsö.
 
 
 
A postcard of Carlsö.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drotten (1) (1928-64)
 
The first Drotten served with Ångfartygs AB Gotland (later Rederi AB Gotland) from 1928, when she was built in Oskarshamn, until sold in 1964 to Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen, Mariehamn.
 
 
A postcard of Drotten.
 
 
 
A postcard of Drotten at Visby.
 
 
 
A postcard of Drotten.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Drotten.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Drotten.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Drotten.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Drotten.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gotland (2) (1936-64)
 
The second Gotland served with Ångfartygs AB Gotland (later Rederi AB Gotland) from 1936, when she was built in Malmö, until chartered to Polferries in 1964 as the Visborg. She was sold in 1967, and broken up the following year.
 
 
A photographic postcard of Gotland (2).
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
An official postcard of Gotland (2).
 
 
 
An official postcard of Gotland (2).
 
 
 
An official postcard of Gotland (2).
 
 
 
A postcard of Gotland (2).
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brynhild - 1944 (charter)
 
937grt - 63.88m long (later 68m) - 12 knots - 350 passengers
 
Skagen I was built as the Heimdal for A/S D/S paa Bornholm af 1866 by Burmeister & Wain of Copenhagen. She entered service in 1914 in Bornhlm services. In 1935 Heimdal was sold to Rederi AB Svea as the Brynhild for the Stockholm-Mariehamn-Åbo service. In 1944 she was chartered to Ångfartygs Ab Gotland for Nynäshamn-Visby service. In 1946 Brynhild moved to Svea's Stockholm-Helsinki route until 1954, when she transferred to Stockholm-Oskarshamn-Borgholm-Kalmar. In 1959 Brynhild was sold to Rederi Ab Continental Line, Göteborg, for a Falkenberg-Horsens service. The following year she moved to a Gävle-Mariehamn-Åbo route for Sandgren (Gävle), also lasted less tha a year.
 
During the summer of 1963, Brynhild was chartered to Skagen Linjen, Göteborg (Stena AB), as the Skagen 1 between Göteborg and Skagen. She was sold to Stena AB the following year for a service from Lysekil to Skagen, but was sold again in 1965, becoming the Regina. She passed through a number of further owners under this name before being broken up in Nakskov in 1970.
 
 
Photograph of Brynhild on charter to Ångfartygs Ab Gotland.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christofer Polhem (1955-63)
 
Christofer Polhem was built in 1936 for Rederi Ab Göteborg - Frederikshavns Linjen, Göteborg (Sessan Line) as the Kronprinsessan Ingrid for their Göteborg-Frederikshavn service. She was bought by Ångfartygs Ab Gotland, Visby, in 1955, and renamed Christofer Polhem. She was sold in 1963 to Expresslinjen Ab, Stockholm (Stockholm Rederi Ab Svea) and renamed Marina. She was sold to Yugoslavian owners in 1969.
 
Complete history of Christofer Polhem
 
 
Aerial postcard of Christofer Polhem.
 
 
 
Aerial postcard of Christofer Polhem.
 
 
 
Pressbyran postcard F.2476 of Christofer Polhem at Visby.
 
 
 
Postcard of Christofer Polhem at Visby.
 
 
 
Postcard of Christofer Polhem at Visby.
 
 
 
Postcard of Christofer Polhem.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
Postcard of Christofer Polhem at Okarshamn.
 
 
 
Postcard of Christofer Polhem at Okarshamn.
 
 
 
Alerings Bok & Pappershandel postcard of Christofer Polhem at Okarshamn.
Photo: Almqvist & Cöster.
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
Pressbyrån postcard of Christofer Polhem.
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
Pressbyrån postcard of Christofer Polhem.
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Visborg (1) (1961-63)
 
Visborg (1) was a coaster built in 1958 as Råwind. She was bought by Ångfartygs AB Gotland in 1961 and renamed Visborg, but sold two years later to Southa Africa owners. She was sold for breaking up in 1983, but sank en route the following year.
 
 
Postcard of Visborg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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