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| 1913 | May 27, launched | | 1914 | Kristiania - New York | | 1914 | Feb. 5, left Copenhagen on her maiden voyage to Christiania (Oslo), Christiansand and New York, had to call at Ponta Delgada on the Azores for bunkering, due to an unstipulated large coal consumption on Feb. 17 | | 1915 | Kristiania - New York | | 1916 | Kristiania - New York | | 1917 | March 12, arrived to Copenhagen from New York carrying the German ambassador to the USA, was laid | | 1917 | Kristiania - New York | | 1918 | Nov. 23, chartered to the British Govt., made five trips Wermünde/Lübeck/Stettin-Hull with about 7500 British prisoners of war | | 1919 | March 18, returned to service, from this date she only called at Christiansand on the return trip from New York to Christiania | | 1919 | Kristiania - New York | | 1919 | Oct. 31, arrived at Philadelphia instead of New York, and left Philadelphia on Nov. 8, for Christiansand | | 1920 | Kristiania - New York | | 1920 | August, fitted with Anschütz gyro-compass, automatic pilot and course recorder, as the first commercial ship to have such navigation aids. The automatic pilot was connected to the steering wheel by means of a bicycle chain | | 1921 | Kristiania - New York | | 1922 | Kristiania - New York | | 1923 | Kristiania - New York | | 1924 | From 1924 occasionally, and from 1928 until 1932 she regularly called at Halifax | | 1924 | Kristiania - New York | | 1924 | July - Aug, sailed 2 voyages to Copenhagen - London in connection with the British Commonwealth Exibition at Wembley, anchored in the Thames. | | 1924 | Aug. 23, collided with the S/S Royal Fusilier of Leith in the Thames | | 1924 | Oct. 15, departed Copenhagen for Mediterranean cruise, Lissabon - Barcelona - Monaco - Genoa - Naples - Palermo - Algiers - Gibraltar - Copenhagen, among the passengers was the Danish Crown prince Frederik | | 1925 | Oslo - New York | | 1925 | November, accommodation altered to cabin and 3rd class only | | 1929 | October, refitted to cabin, tourist and 3rd class | | 1930 | Nov. 21, hull damaged by a underwater rock while leaving Copenhagen, after discovering leaks the ship returned to Copenhagen on Nov. 22, passengers and cargo transferred to the Hellig Olav | | 1935 | Nov. 22, started her last voyage from Copenhagen for Oslo, Christiansand, New York (dep Dec. 7), Christiansand, Oslo and Copenhagen. | | 1936 | Nov 11, sold to The Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co. for scrapping at Blyth | | The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges |
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S/S Frederik VIII
S/S Frederik VIII
Signed by capt. F. Mechlenburg
Frederik VIII
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 Frederik VIII, Scandinavian America Line steamship departing Copenhagen
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 Frederik VIII - Scandinavian America Line steamship
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The Frederik VIII was built by Vulcan Stettiner Maschinenbau A.G., Stettin (no. 332) in 1913 for the
(DFDS) Scandinavian American Line. At the delivery she was the largest Scandinavian ship.
Her tonnage was 11,850 tons gross, 7,630 dead weight. She had a length of 159.55m
x beam 18,99m (523.5ft x 62.3ft). She had 2 decks and awning deck, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a
speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 121 first class, 259 second class and
881 third class passengers. She had a crew of 245.
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1241][DFDS 1866-1991 by Søren Thorsøe a.o., p. 293]
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