Skandinavisk Linjetrafik Ferry Postcards

This page is devoted to postcards of the Landskrona-Tuborg Havn (Copenhagen) services of Skandinavisk Linietrafik, owned by Stockholms Rederi AB Svea. 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:-
Hanne Scarlett (1954-1962)
Lilli Scarlett (1954-1963)
Betula (1954)
Linda Scarlett (1961-1971) Dana Scarlett (1964-1975)
Scania (1967-1971)
Svea Scarlett (1971-1980)
Stella Scarlett (1974-1980)
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powered by FreeFind Table of Ship Histories Name Other names Built Scania Scania Express, Polheim, Nereus 1963 Stella Scarlett Gelting Syd 1974 Svea Scarlett Eckerö, St Ola 1971 Skandinavisk Linietrafik Fleet List Hanne Scarlett (1954-1962) No images available Lilli Scarlett
(1954-1963)
Lilli Scarlett was built as a German steam minesweeper in 1944. In 1950 she was sold to Ivers Linie, Kiel, and renamed Harald Ivers. In 1954 Harald Ivers was sold to Kieler Rederi GmbH and renamed Lilli Scarlett. She was re-engined from steam to diesel, and chartered to J.H.J.Jensen, Tuborg Havn (later Skandinavisk Linietrafik A/S), for a Landskrona-Tuborg Havn service. They purchased her in 1957. Lilli Scarlett was chartered to Ångfartygs Ab Waxholm, for a Stockholm-Mariehamn service in 1962, and was sold to Greek owners the following year as the Elena P. Postcard of Lilli Scarlett. Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg Postcard of Lilli Scarlett at Landskrona. Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg Betula (1954)
Betula (1) was built in 1929 by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Dundee, Scotland, as the Perch Rock of the Borough of Wallasey's Mersey ferry services. She was sold in 1953 to Svenska Sockerfabriks Ab, Malmö, and renamed Betula. She was used on a Mörbylånga-Bergkvara service. In 1954 Betula was chartered to Jörgen Jensen A/S (Skandinavisk Linietrafik) and used between Korsör-Nyborg and Juelsminde-Kalundborg, returning to Mörbylånga-Bergkvara briefly before being laid up in December 1954. During the summers of 1955, 1956 and 1957, Betula was chartered to Linjebuss International Ab (Rederi Ab Svea) for service between Helsingborg-Helsingør. She was not sold to Linjebuss until 1959. In 1968 she was renamed Betula I to release the name for the new Betula (2). Betula I was sold in 1971, and later received the name Bastian. Official Linjebuss International AB (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Betula (1). Linda Scarlett (1961-1971)
Linda Scarlett was built in 1961 by Schiedam Scheepswerf, Holland, for Skandinavisk Linietrafik A/S (J.H.J.Jensen), Tuborg, Denmark for their Landskrona-Tuborg Havn route. In 1962, the registered owner change to Linjebuss International AB, Landskrona. In 1971 Linda Scarlett was sold to Trasmediteranea as the Isla de Menorca. Isla de Menorca served in the Canary Isles and the Mediterranean until 1985, when she was sold for operations in Eastern Mediterranean waters as Anna, Nissos Andros, Marmari I and Tirana. She was scrapped in 1999. Postcard of Linda Scarlett at Landskrona. Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg Postcard of Linda Scarlett at Landskrona. Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg Official Skandinavisk Linietrafik (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Linda Scarlett. A.Duncan photographic postcard of Linda Scarlett. Dana Scarlett (1964-1975)
Dana Scarlett was built in 1964 by Öresundsvarvet Ab, Landskrona, for Scandinavisk Linietrafik (Stockholms Rederi Ab Svea). She is sistership to Carola, delivered later the same year. Dana Scarlett operated on the Landskrona-Tuborg Havn route (Copenhagen) service of Scandinavisk Linietrafik. She also acted as reserve ship on the Helsingborg-Helsingør route until 1975, when she was transferred permanently. In 1985 she was sold to till L-T Linjen, Landskrona for service with Scarlett Line, on her original Landskrona-Tuborg Havn route. In 1994 she was sold to Argentinean owners, and moved to Fiji two years later.
Official Skandinavisk Linietrafik (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Dana Scarlett. Official Skandinavisk Linietrafik (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Dana Scarlett, with Linda Scarlett in the background. An enlarged image of Dana Scarlett is also shown. A.Duncan photographic postcard of Dana Scarlett. Commercial postcard of Dana Scarlett at Landskrona. Simplon Postcards sp1182 of Dana Scarlett. Photo: Kenn Eilersen. Official Scarlett Line postcard of Dana Scarlett. Scania (1967-1971)
Scania was ordered by Rederi AB Svea in 1963 for a Gräddö-Mariehamn service by Express Linjen. However, on delivery she began service with Skandinavisk Linietrafik between Korsör-Kiel. In 1967 Scania transferred to the Landskrona-Tuborg Havn route until she was sold in 1971 to Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab. After renaming as Scania Express, she served on the Vasa-Umeå route until 1976, when she passed to Rederi Ab Gotland, under the name of Polheim. She was sold for service in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1981 as the Nereus. She was lost in 1989.
A complete history of this ship is available on this link. Official Skandinavisk Linietrafik (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Scania. Official Skandinavisk Linietrafik (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Scania. Ultra postcard Sk729 of Scania at Landskrona. Photo: T.Lindeberg Ultra postcard Sk730 of Scania at Landskrona (plus Dan Viking?) Photo: T.Lindeberg Ultra postcard of Scania leaving Landskrona. Photo: T.Lindeberg Svea Scarlett (1971-1980)
Svea Scarlett was built in 1971 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg-Ems, for the Skandinavisk Linietrafik Landskrona-Tuborg Havn service. In 1980 she was sold to partners A/S D/S Öresund, Denmark, for a Malmö-Tuborg Havn, but was sold in 1982 to Rederi Ab Eckerö, Eckerö, Finland, as the Eckerö. She was rebuilt with additional accommodation before entering service on the Eckerö-Grisslehamn route in 1982. In 1991 Eckerö was sold to P&O Scottish Ferries, and entered service the following year as the St Ola between Stromness-Scrabster. Following the transfer of the Orkney and Shetland services to Northlink in 2002, St Ola was sold for service between Virtsu-Kuivastu in Estonia.

A complete postcard history of this ship is available on this link. Official Skandinavisk Linietrafik (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Svea Scarlett. Photograph of Svea Scarlett on Landskrona-Tuborg service. Photo: Ian Boyle, August 1979. Photograph of Svea Scarlett on Landskrona-Tuborg service. Photo: Ian Boyle, August 1979. Stella Scarlett (1974-1980)
Stella Scarlett was built in 1974 by Jos L Meyer, Ems Papenburg, for Skandinavisk Linietrafik, part of Scandinavian Ferry Lines. She was used on a route from Landskrona to Copenhagen (Tuborg Haven). From 1980, the Swedish terminal was changed to Malmö. In 1981 Stella Scarlett was sold to Nordisk Faergefart A/S, Fåborg, for use on the Faaborg-Gelting route as Gelting Syd. The route was closed in 1999, following the end of on board duty free sales between EEC countries, and Gelting Syd was sold for use between Tangier and Cadiz (later Algeciras-Tangier). She was operated by IMTC and renamed Atlas.

A complete postcard history of this ship is available on this link.
Official Skandinavisk Linietrafik (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcard of Stella Scarlett. Soderflyg postcard D-7-8-76 of Stella Scarlett at Landskrona. Photograph of Stella Scarlett at Landskrona. Photo: Ian Boyle, August 1979. Öresundsbolaget - Linjebuss - Scandinavian Ferry Lines Stockholms Rederi AB Svea - Trave Line - Trasmediteranea Ferry Postcards - Cruise Ship Postcards - Ocean Liner Postcards Top of Page - Simplon Postcards Recent Updates - Simplon Postcards Home Page �1999-2013 Copyright Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards (all pages on web site) All Rights Reserved

Name	Other names	Built
Scania	Scania Express, Polheim, Nereus	1963
Stella Scarlett	Gelting Syd	1974
Svea Scarlett	Eckerö, St Ola	1971