Norge | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1881 at Glasgow by Alexander Stephen & Sons	3,310 gross	340.3ft x 40.8ft x 25ft	Thingvalla Line

The S/S Norge in Thingvalla Line colors (blue star on funnel)
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Thingvalla Line steamships Amerika (on the channel) and the Norge moored at Larsen Plads in Copenhagen. Larsens Plads was where the Thingvalla Line steamships embarked passengers and is located between the Amaleienborg Palace and the channel near "Kvesthusbroen".
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Norge, Thingvalla Line steamship in Scandinavian America Line colors (black funnel with red band)
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The "Norge" was built by Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd. Linthouse, Glasgow in 1881 (no. 252). Her tonnage was 3,310 tons gross, 2,441 under deck and 2,163 net. She was an iron construction, straight stem, one funnel and three masts which was schooner rigged. She had a single screw, 2 iron decks and partly iron awning deck, 4 tiers of beams and 6 cemented bulkheads. She had a compound engine with 2 inverted cylinders of 44 and 80 inches diameter respectively, stroke 48 inches; operating at 80 p.s.i. delivering 320 horsepower which gave her a service speed of 11 knots. There was double bottom, aft 92 feet long, under engine and boilers 62 feet, 330 tons. Midship Deep Tank 34 feet, 340 tons. and. She had accommodation for 50 1st class passengers, 150 2nd class and 900 3rd class passengers.

The general agent for the Thingvalla Line in Christiania, Fredrik Lie, who had his ticket office in "Store Strandgade 23" announced that the cost of passage on the Norge in 1891 was Kr. 250 salon (NOK 250, 1 class), Kr 180 anden Kahytt (NOK 180, 2nd class), kost inclusive (meals included), Mellemdæk nedsatt (steerage reduced)

Picture of the S/S Norge, courtesy of Søren Thorsøe
[DFDS 1866-1991, p. 236, ]

The Sinking of the Norge - This article was forst printed in the Budstikken, May 2005. The Budstikken is a publication of the Valdres Samband. The article was transcribed for this site by Jo Anne Saddler, and is reprinted here with kind permission of Valdres Samband and Dan Hovland

The S/S Norge disaster - newspaper reports
The New York Times July 4 - 6
Transcribed by Jo Anne Sadler 2006
This is the story of the sinking of the Norge as reported day by day in the press. The ship went down on June 28th 1904, and by July 4th the news were all over the front pages of the mayor newspapers. Jo Anne Sadler has transcribed the reports from The New York Times spanning from July 4th to July 6th. The same stories were also printed in the Norwegian newspapers.

Chronological History

Year	Event
1881	June 11, launched as the "Pieter de Coninck" for the Engels Line of Antwerp as a passenger and cargo ship.
1889	Taken over by the Thingvalla Line, renamed Norge
1889	May 1, arrived for extensive repairs at Antwerp to hull and machinery
1889	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1889	Christiania Sept. 12 → New York Sept. 28
1889	Christiania Nov. 7 → New York Nov. 25
1890	Jan. 3, ran aground in thick fog in the Kristianiafjord. Arrived Kristiania with leaks, the passengers were conveyed by other lines to America via England
1890	Jan. 13, arrived to Gothenburg for repairs
1890	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1890	Christiania Apr. 3 → New York Apr. 20
1890	Christiania July 17 → New York Aug. 2
1890	Aug. 2, collided with dredger Advance at the entrance to New York harbor
1890	Christiania Sept. 4 → New York Sept. 22
1890	Christiania Nov. 30 → New York Nov. 17
1891	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1891	Christiania Feb. 19 → New York Mar. 10
1891	Christiania Apr. 16 → New York May 2
1891	Christiania June 11 → New York June 26
1891	Christiania Aug. 6 → New York Aug. 22. Capt. Knudsen from Christiania with 77 emigrants, loaded 390350kg wood pulp, 592 barrels of salted mackerel and 7 barrels fish oil..
1891	Christiania Oct. 1 → New York Oct. 19. 84 emigrants embarked in Christiania.
1891	Christiania Nov. 26 → New York Dec. 14. 29 emigrants embarked in Christiania.
1892	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1892	Christiania Mar. 17 → New York Mar. 31
1892	Christiania May 12 → New York May 28
1892	Christiania July 7 → New York July 21. Also reported arrive 1892-07-20.
1892	Christiania Sept. 1 → New York Sept. 18. Capt. Knudsen.
1892	Christiania Nov. 3 → New York Nov. 18. Capt. B. Knudsen.
1893	Christiania Dec. 29 → New York Jan. 13
1893	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1893	Christiania Mar. 18 → New York Apr. 3. 330 emigrants from Christiania<BR>Also reported arrive 1893-04-02.
1893	Christiania May 8 → New York May 22. Capt. Knudsen. 262 emigrants from Christiania. Cargo 13.426 kg. oxal acid, wood pulp, destilled spirits, 50 barrels of fich oil and herring..
1893	Christiania July 10 → New York July 24. Capt. Knudsen. 324 emigrants from Christiania.
1893	Christiania Aug. 31 → New York Sept. 14. Capt. Knudsen.
1894	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1894	Christiania Feb. 1 → New York Feb. 22
1894	Christiania Mar. 29 → New York Apr. 13. Capt. Knudsen.
1894	Christiania May 24 → New York June 7. Capt. Knudsen.
1894	Christiania July 19 → New York Aug. 4
1895	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1895	Christiania Apr. 18 → New York May 4
1895	Christiania June 13 → New York June 27
1895	Christiania Sept. 5 → New York Sept. 21
1895	Christiania Oct. 31 → New York Nov. 14
1896	Christiania Dec. 26 → New York Jan. 11
1896	Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1896	Christiania Feb. 20 → New York Mar. 7
1896	Christiania Apr. 16 → New York May 1
1896	Christiania June 11 → New York June 26
1896	Christiania Aug. 6 → New York Aug. 19
1896	Christiania Oct. 1 → New York Oct. 15. Setting out from Kristiania at 15:00 afternoon in route from Copenhagen to New York. 250 passengers onboard of whom 97 from Kristiania.
1896	Christiania Dec. 3 → New York Dec. 17
1897	Departed Kristiania - Kristiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1897	Christiania Feb. 4 → New York Feb. 23. Capt. Knudsen, cargo: 15 barrels of fish oil and 37.000 kilo wood pulp.
1897	Christiania Apr. 1 → New York Apr. 17. Capt. Knudsen to New York with passengers and general cargo.
1897	Kristiania - Kristiansand May 27 → New York June 11
1897	Christiansand Nov. 4 → New York Nov. 17
1898	Christiania Dec. 29 → New York Jan. 20
1898	Departed Kristiania - Kristiansand. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1898	Christiania Feb. 24 → New York Mar. 13
1898	Christiania Apr. 21 → New York May 4
1898	Christiania June 16 → New York July 1
1898	Aug. 20, collided with and sank fishing vessel Coquette on the Newfoundland banks, 16 fisherman drowned, 9 were saved.
1898	Kristiania - Kristiansand Aug. 11 → New York Aug. 25. Capt. Knudsen from Copenhagen to New York via Kristiania and Kristiansand. Loaded 115 barrels of fish oil in Kristiania for export.
1898	Taken over by the Scandinavian America Line when the Thingvalla Line was absorbed by the DFDS. (Det Forenede Dampskibsselskap)
1898	Christiania Oct. 5 → New York Oct. 19
1904	June 28, struck Rockall off the Hebrides in foggy weather and sank. She was carrying 727 pass. and 68 crew, 582 pass. and 45 crew were lost. Survivors of the S/S Norge

Routes & Departures

Year

Route

Departures

1889