SIRIUS

[Henk]

SIRIUS
In the Rute: 03-07-1894 - 01-07-1895
Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab - Bergen
Delivered 01-04-1885 by Flensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft - Flensburg
191'2"(na 1908, 207') x x 28'8" x 20' x
877 grt; 820 dwt; after 1908, 962 grt; 877 dwt
2 cylinder Compound; after 1908, 3 cylinder Triple Expansion
700 ihp; after 1908, 950 ihp
10 knots; after 1908, 11 knots
Passengeres: 70; 1e class 24 cabins; 2e class 22 cabins and 3e class 24 cabins
Newbuilding for the price of 350.496 NKr
18-05-1940 bombed and sunk after an attack from a German airplane near Dyrøy (Finnlandsnes); 7 people died, 11 were rescued

First trip in the Rute 03-07-1894.
In 1908 rebuild at Laxevaag Maskin & Jernskibsbyggeri - Bergen.
From 1921 till 1925 in the Iceland sailing
In 1927 due to lack at turists rebuild into freighter and in the route Oslo-Finnmark.

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