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Name: HORNELEN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/11/1866
Completed: 1866
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 152
Dimensions: 198grt, 108nrt, 132.9 x 21.1 x 11.5ft; (1887: 266grt, 177nrt, 130.4 x 20.8 x 11.2ft)
Engines: 2cyl (27.5 & 27.5 x 24ins), 45nhp; (1887: C2cyl (17.5 & 34 x 24ins), 45nhp)
Engines by: J Jamieson & Co, Newcastle; (1887: Nylands Verks, Christiania)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1866 Nord Bergenhus amts D/S Selskab, Bergen
25/01/1919 Company restyled Fylkesbaatana I Sogn & Fjordane, Bergen
10/01/1951 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for 175 x passengers
1887: Rebuilt and modernized
1888: Ran aground at Vårdalsnes, Dalsfjord and sank
Subsequently raised and repaired
1899: Adrift in Dalsfjord and collided with several vessels
1911: In collision with the tug KVIK in Byfjorde, Bergen
27/12/1915: Grounded and sank at Svanøbuken. One passenger died
08/1917: Returned to service
11/12/1926: Grounded in the Feiefjord
04/1926: Salvaged, repaired and modernized
1949: Laid up at Damsgårdsundet, Bergen
10/01/1951: Broken up by Skipsophugnings Co, Buøy, Stavanger


Photos courtesy of Bjørn Milde