Gotland

Gotland - Wasa Star - Peter Wessel

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Rederi AB Gotland ferry Gotland of 1981, although she never sailed under this name, and is best known as the Larvik Line ferry Peter Wessel. Her sistership is the Visby.

 

Gotland was built by Öresundsvarvet Ab, Landskrona, in 1981 for Rederi AB Gotland, but was chartered to Oy Vasa-Umeå Ab (Vaasanlaivat/Vasabåtarna) before delivery, as the Wasa Star. In 1983, Wasa Star was chartered to the Greek Karageorgis Line but was returned early following a dispute over payments. She was then sold the same year to Larvik Line for their Larvik-Frederikshavn route, becoming the fourth Peter Wessel. In 1997, the Larvik Line operation passed to Color Line.

 

 

Ship Names on this Page:-

Gotland - Rederi AB Gotland 1981

Wasa Star - Vaasanlaivat/Vasabåtarna 1997-

Wasa Star - Karageorgis Line 1983

Peter Wessel (4) - Larvik Line 1983-97

Peter Wessel (4) - Color Line 1997-

 

Associated Pages:-

Color Line

Larvik Line

Rederi AB Gotland

Vaasanlaivat/Vasabåtarna
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Gotland

(Rederi AB Gotland: 1981)

 

Gotland was built by Öresundsvarvet Ab, Landskrona, in 1981, for Rederi AB Gotland, but did not serve under this name since she was chartered before delivery to Oy Vasa-Umeå Ab (Vaasanlaivat/Vasabåtarna), as the Wasa Star.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wasa Star

(Vaasanlaivat: 1981-82)

 

Wasa Star was built by Oresundsvarvet AB, Landskrona for Rederi AB Gotland in 1981. She was immediately chartered to Vaasanlaivat/Vasabåtarna as the Wasa Star. In 1982 she was chartered to Karageorgis Lines in Greece, and in 1984 was sold to Larvik Line becoming their Peter Wessel. Larvik Line was subsequently taken over by Color Line.

 

 

Official postcards of Wasa Star.

Scans supplied by Mikael Blomberg.

 

 

 

 

A.Duncan photographic postcards as Wasa Star.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wasa Star

(Karageorgis Line: 1983)

 

In 1983, Wasa Star was chartered to the Greek Karageorgis Line but was returned early following a dispute over payments. She was then sold to Larvik Line and renamed Peter Wessel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Wessel (4)

(Larvik Line: 1993-97)

 

In 1983, Wasa Star was sold to Larvik Line and renamed Peter Wessel. In 1997, the operation passed to Color Line.

 

 

A.Duncan photographic postcard of Peter Wessel.

 

 

 

Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel (Viggo Asmussen Nr.291).

 

 

 

Official Larvik Line postcard of Peter Wessel (after lengthening).

 

 

 

Official Larvik Line postcard of Peter Wessel (after lengthening).

 

 

 

Official Larvik Line postcard of Peter Wessel (Hatlehols Trykken A/S).

 

 

 

Official Larvik Line postcard of Peter Wessel (Hatlehols Trykken A/S).

 

 

 

Official Larvik Line postcard of Peter Wessel (Aune F-14415-2).

 

 

 

Official Larvik Line postcard of Peter Wessel (Aune F-14416-2).

 

 

 

Aune postcard F-12546-8 of Peter Wessel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Wessel

(Color Line: 1997- )

 

In 1983, Wasa Star was sold to Larvik Line and renamed Peter Wessel. In 1997, the operation passed to Color Line.

 

 

Official Color Line postcard (Aune 166380) of Peter Wessel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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