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Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1852 at Glasgow by Thomas Wingate & Co.	423 gross	184.4ft x 23ft x 14ft	Wilson Line , Hull, England

Used on the route between Christiania and Hull from 1854. In the beginning she sailed to Gothenburg calling at Christiania and Christiansand. The route was maintained mainly by the S/S Courier, and occasionally by the S/S Scandinavian, after 1855.

Painting of the S.S. Tasso (1) ex Scandinavian: (Signed: J.C. Hull 1886 -
Owner: Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum - Source: Digitalmuseum - License: CC BY-SA 4.0)

Chronological History

Year	Event
1852	Launched for the Wilson Line
1854	Sold to the North Europe Steam Navigation Company
1854	Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1855	Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1856	Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1857	Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1858	Bought back to the Wilson Line
1858	Captain D. Fairburn. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1859	Captain D. Fairburn. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1860	Captain D. Fairburn. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1861	Captain D. Fairburn. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1862	Captain D. Fairburn. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1863	Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1864	Captain G. C. Nicolson. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1865	Captain G. C. Nicolson. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1866	Captain G. C. Nicolson. Departed Christiania. Arrived Hull.
1868	Departed Trondheim. Arrived Hull.
1870	Renamed Tasso
1886	Mar. 15, ran aground at the mouth of the Bømlofjord on way to Hull, all crew an passengers saved, post and cargo salvaged by divers

Other ships named "Scandinavian"

Ship	Line / Owner
Scandinavian	Canadian Pacific Line

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S.S. Scandinavian, Wilson Line

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Other ships named "Scandinavian"

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