S/S Alfen
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Kristiansand
Strusshamn, Askøy
Shipyard
Name: Kristiansands Mek. Verksted, Kristiansand
Build year: 1893
Engine
Propulsion: Compound 2 cyl.
Engine size: Nhp 30
Speed: 10 kn
Dimensions
Length: 83.8'
Beam: 17.5'
Draft: 9.0'
History
1893 - Delivered by Christiansands Mek. Verksted, Kristiansand to D/S A/S Agder & Activ, Kristiansand - ALFEN
1900 - Owners changed name to D/S A/S Agder, Kristiansand
4/1934 - Sold to Dampskibsselskapet Sør-Askøy A/S, Strusshamn, Askøy
Regular service Bergen to Kleppestø. - 207 passengers
1936 - Modernized by Mjellem and Karlsen, Bergen
POST WAR: Company fused in 1950 into Rutelaget Askøy-Bergen A/S, Kleppestø. Extensively rebuilt in 1952, 123 gt. Motor installed, 2 tev Normo dm 250bhk. Delivered on March 28-1952 and re-entered same service. Sold in Apr.-1963 to Ole Onarheim, Stamneshella, probably for conversion to freighter, but this did not come to pass. Sold in the fall of 1963 to Ingvald Eriksen, Fredrikstad, in regularly scheduled service Fredrikstad-Strömstad every summer. Sold in 1971 to Båtutleie A/S (Alf Nepstad, Askøy). Laid up in Sarpsborg at some point in the 1970's, later at Aker Brygge, Oslo as a restaurant. Presently in use as storeship for a restaurant at Aker Brygge, with the boatdeck used in the summertime as a stage for misc. performances. (Source: http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsa.html#Al)
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Kristiansand
Strusshamn, Askøy
Shipyard
Name: Kristiansands Mek. Verksted, Kristiansand
Build year: 1893
Engine
Propulsion: Compound 2 cyl.
Engine size: Nhp 30
Speed: 10 kn
Dimensions
Length: 83.8'
Beam: 17.5'
Draft: 9.0'
History
1893 - Delivered by Christiansands Mek. Verksted, Kristiansand to D/S A/S Agder & Activ, Kristiansand - ALFEN
1900 - Owners changed name to D/S A/S Agder, Kristiansand
4/1934 - Sold to Dampskibsselskapet Sør-Askøy A/S, Strusshamn, Askøy
Regular service Bergen to Kleppestø. - 207 passengers
1936 - Modernized by Mjellem and Karlsen, Bergen
POST WAR: Company fused in 1950 into Rutelaget Askøy-Bergen A/S, Kleppestø. Extensively rebuilt in 1952, 123 gt. Motor installed, 2 tev Normo dm 250bhk. Delivered on March 28-1952 and re-entered same service. Sold in Apr.-1963 to Ole Onarheim, Stamneshella, probably for conversion to freighter, but this did not come to pass. Sold in the fall of 1963 to Ingvald Eriksen, Fredrikstad, in regularly scheduled service Fredrikstad-Strömstad every summer. Sold in 1971 to Båtutleie A/S (Alf Nepstad, Askøy). Laid up in Sarpsborg at some point in the 1970's, later at Aker Brygge, Oslo as a restaurant. Presently in use as storeship for a restaurant at Aker Brygge, with the boatdeck used in the summertime as a stage for misc. performances. (Source: http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsa.html#Al)
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