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Authorization & Routes
 Steamship via Bergen direct to New York 
 Fleet 1873Built Tonnage Shipyard
 S/S Frithjof1872 932 gross  Bergens Mekaniske Værksted 
 S/S Hakon Adelsten1873 1,403 gross  Backhouse & Dixon 
 S/S Harald Haarfagre1872 2,084 gross  Backhouse & Dixon 
 S/S Kong Sverre1873 2,386 gross  Backhouse & Dixon 
 S/S Peter Jebsen1872 1,268 gross  Backhouse & Dixon 
 S/S St. Olav1871 1,935 gross  Wigham, Richardson & Co. 
 This list might not be a complete list of all the ships in the fleet.
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