Larvik Line
A/S Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards of the Larvik Line (A/S Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen), whose service became part of Color Line from 1997. An alphabetical list of ships shown 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 chronological order.
 
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Albayzin - 1996 (Fast Ferry)
Cort Adler - 1961-70
Peter Wessel (1) - 1937-69
Peter Wessel (2) - 1968-71
Peter Wessel (3) - 1973-84
Peter Wessel (4) - 1984-
Thor Heyerdahl - 1992 (ex-Dana Regina)
 
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Table of Ship Histories

Name

Other names

 Built
 Peter Wessel (3)  Zeeland, Stena Nordica, Marko Polo

 1973
 Peter Wessel (4)  Gotland, Wasa Star

 1981
 Thor Heyerdahl  Dana Regina, Nord Estonia, Vana Tallinn

 1974
 
 
 
 
 
 
Larvik Line Fleet List
 
 
Peter Wessel (1) (1937-68)
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Stenders postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Stenders postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Stenders postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Stenders postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Stenders postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Normanns (Oslo) postcard 1-A-1664 of Peter Wessel at Frederikstad.
Photo by Normann.
 
Ludwigsen postcard of Peter Wessel at Larvik.
 
A.Duncan photographic postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
 
 
 
 
Cort Adler (1961-70)
 
Cort Adler was built in Trondheim for A/S Larvik-Frederikshavn, entering service in 1961. In 1970, she was sold to Mexican state-owned Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos, and renamed Presidente Diaz Ordaz. She operated on the route Santa Rosalia-Guaymas until 1984.
 
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Cort Adler .
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Cort Adler (Aune F-7101-4).
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Cort Adler.
 
Postcard of Cort Adler at Frederikshavn.
Card supplied by Reto Raeth.
 
A.Duncan photographic postcard of Cort Adler.
 
A postcard of Presidente Diaz Ordaz in Mexican service (ex-Cort Adler).
 
 
 
 
 
Peter Wessel (2) (1968-71)
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
 
 
 
 
Peter Wessel (3) (1973-84)
 
Peter Wessel (3) was built in 1973 by Ateliers & Chantiers du Havre, for A/S Larvik-Frederikshavn Ferjen. In 1984 she was replaced by Peter Wessel (4), and chartered to Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland N.V (SMZ) for Harwich-Hook of Holland service as the Zeeland. In 1985 she was sold to Stena Line and renamed Stena Nordica. In 1988 she was sold to Jadrolinija and renamed Marko Polo, entering service between Ancona-Corfu-Patras-Corfu-Dubrovnik-Split-Venice. In 1992 Marko Polo was chartered to TT-Line for Trelleborg-Rostock service. In 1994 Marko Polo was chartered to Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation (COMANAV), for service between Nador-Sete. She remains in Jadrolinija ownership in 2003. A complete postcard history of this ship is available on this link.
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel (Aune F-7189-4).
 
Official Larvik-Frederikshavn postcard of Peter Wessel.
 
 
 
 
 
Peter Wessel (4) (1984- )
 
The fourth Peter Wessel was built by Öresundsvarvet Ab, Landskrona, in 1981, for Rederi AB Gotland. Her intended name was Gotland, but she 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. A complete postcard history of this ship is available on this link.
 
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.
 
Official Color Line postcard (Aune 166380) of Peter Wessel.
 
 
 
 
 
Thor Heyerdahl (chartered: 1992)
 
Dana Regina was delivered to DFDS in 1974 for the Harwich-Esbjerg route, on which she remained until 1983. She then operated on the Copenhagen-Oslo route. In 1990, Dana Regina was sold to Nordström & Thulin of Sweden for their Stockholm-Tallinn service marketed as Estline. She was renamed Nord Estonia, and the official Estline postcard is shown below. In 1992 she was chartered to Larvik Line as Thor Heyerdahl. Between 1994-6 she operated as Vana Tallinn under charter to Tallink. In 1998 she was purchased by Tallink.
 
A complete history of this ship is available on this link.
 
 
In 1992 Nord Estonia was chartered to Larvik Line as Thor Heyerdahl.
This is Simplon Postcards release sp1158, issued October 1993, using a photo by Jimmy Poole.
 
 
 
 
 
Albayzin (1996)
 
Albayzin was built in Spain for Buquebus in Argentina in 1994. In summer 1995 she operated between Spain and Majorca with Trasmediterranea. In the summer of 1996 she was chartered to Larvik Line for a service between Larvik-Skagen.
 
Official oversized Larvik Line postcard of Albayzin.
 
 
 
 
 
1962/3 Brochure
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