100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway  Solem, Swiggum & Austheim |
S/S Harald |
100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway Solem, Swiggum & Austheim |
S/S Harald |
| The "Harald" was built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen in 1875 for
Dampskibs Selskabet Carl. Her tonnage was 1,532 tons gross, 1,060 under deck and 972 net.
She was 257.7 feet long, 32.1 foot beam and holds 17.4 feet deep (length 76,19m x
beam 9,75m). Straight stem, one funnel, three masts (schooner), iron
construction, 1 deck & spar deck, 3 tiers of beams, 6 cemented bulkheads,
partial double bottom; repairs to damages in 1878 &
1881. Propulsion: compound engine with 4 inverted cylinders of 24 & 48 inches
diameter each pair; stroke 32 inches; operating at 60 p.s.i.; 150 horsepower. The engine was
built by the same company as the hull. She had a single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was
accommodation for 10-1st and 350-3rd class passengers.
Launched in November 1875, she was chartered to Thingvalla Line in March 1880 and commenced sailings from Copenhagen to Newcastle and New York. She started the last of 10 round voyages on 20th September 1881 when she left Copenhagen for Christiansand and New York. On 17th October 1889 she was abandoned in the North Sea. Call sign: NPVG [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1050] [Lloyd's register of shipping](Information submitted by Gilbert Provost and Ted Finch)
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