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Name: KONG CARL also seen as KONG KARL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/03/1868
Completed: 1868
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 165
Dimensions: 450grt, 306nrt, 170.7 x 25.3 x 14.3ft; (1880: 653grt, 498nrt, 170.2 x 25.2 x 21.0ft)
Engines: I2cyl (35 & 35 x 26ins), 75nhp; (1905: T3cyl (14.5, 23.5 & 38 x 27ins), 61nhp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; (1905: Bergen Mek Vaerks, Bergen)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1868 Bergenske Dampskibe Selskab, Bergen
09/1913 Hardanger Sondhordlandske Damp, Bergen; renamed HARDANGERFJORD
1949 Anda Bros, Stavanger
195X Broken up
Comments: 1880: Rebuilt (653grt, 498nrt)
1905: Re-engined
1913: Modernised
1940: Commandeered by the German Occupation
1945: Returned to owners
1949: Converted to a barge
Subsequently broken up


Above photo as KONG CARL copyright of the Romsdalsmuseet

Above photo as KONG CARL copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection

Above photo as KONG CARL copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection

Above photo as HARDANGERFJORD copyright of the Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum