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was chartered by the
British Government at £30,000 per year, with the replacement cost set at £200,000, to continue a service between Aberdeen and Bergen with a British crew and under the British flag, with priority guaranteed in a British shipyard for building a replacement should
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Company increased its ship numbers from 5 in 1875 to 20 in 1894 and over 45 by 1916 when unrestricted submarine warfare was introduced. The numbers were then increased from 35 in 1918 to 55 by 1939, reduced to 35 by 1945, with a modest increase thereafter.
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the
Company profited highly from shipping contracts entered into with the German occupiers of Norway. At the end of the war the Company's records were no longer in existence. The Company's management was investigated by Bergen police for 18 months, but no charges were brought.
384:), delivered in 1953 by Swan Hunter and powered by steam turbines giving a speed of 22 knots, making her the only ship which could complete three round voyages weekly, and she did so during the 1950s and 1960s. From 1953 the service continued regularly for 15 years with
212:). From August 22 of that year all British mail for the Far East was sent via Newcastle and Bergen and the route became the only safe one for the exchange of personnel between the Western Powers and their Russian ally. In 1915 the service was joined by
370:). She maintained summer sailings from Newcastle and operated cruises from Plymouth to Madeira in the winters from December 1948 onwards, which also took advantage of the cargo opportunity provided by the import of fruit and vegetables to the UK.
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BDS progressively expanded its routes to provide worldwide services. The company operated a regular passenger service from West Norway to the UK with
Norwegian Government support from 1890, and took part in the Norwegian coastal service, the
151:
The UK passenger service ran between
Newcastle and Bergen, with some sailings also calling at Stavanger and Haugesund. From 1928 the service terminated at the purpose-built Tyne Commission Quay, North Shields, only two miles from the
163:
On 14 June 1888 the
Norwegian Parliament agreed to support a weekly mail service from Newcastle to Bergen and Trondheim. Initially the service was provided jointly by the Bergen Line and Nordenfjeldske. The Bergen Line vessel,
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was a member of the board, "mainly to participate in the inspection and testing of the acquired steamers and to monitor the building of the ordered ones." He described the operations of the joint company in his memoir.
433:. At the start there were almost no lighthouses and other navigational aids in the north, and navigation was often done with a compass, chart and stopwatch. Until 1937 the company's ships were around 1,000
365:
had been discovered sunk in
Hamburg harbour in 1945 and judged capable of rebuilding, and she reappeared on the service in April 1948 with a larger profile which had the forecastle built one deck higher
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In 1912 the
Norwegian Government entered a contract with the two companies to increase the frequency of sailings to seven per week. According to Kielhau this was achieved by August 1914 at the start of
314:, with departures from Bergen at 11.00 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and from Newcastle at 19.30 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Southbound trips from Bergen by
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of
Trieste in 1938 to offset Italian purchases of fish from Norway. The two large twin-funnelled motorships maintained a summer service of four round trips per week until the outbreak of
447:, and these continued on the coastal route until the 1980s when larger passenger-cargo ships came into use, and into the 1990s when larger cruise-type ships of up to 15,000
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complex. The service continued after 1984 when the company was taken over by Kosmos Line. After being sold again in 1988, the company lost any individual identity.
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Bergenske Steamship Company, Soviet Company Severoles, and the Russian agency Arcos as principal participants.
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operating a twice-weekly winter service. Both ships were limited by their lack of drive-on car transport facilities, and
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Some timetables from the 1930s and 1950s are available on the web. Individual ship histories are also available.
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s main engines were salvaged in 1949 and installed in two ships, one of which continued in service until 1969.
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were introduced. By this time Bergenske Dampskibsselskab had sold its ships and withdrawn from the
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During World War II several BDS ships were sunk by Allied action on the Norwegian coast, including
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on 18 January 1919. Nordenfjeldske withdrew in October 1921 but sailings continued with
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opened in 1893 to convey passengers and cargo along the Norwegian coast, initially from
90:, from 1894 until 1979. Cruise liners were run from 1921 until 1971 when BDS partnered
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98:. At its height, between about 1920 and 1970, the company had up to 2500 employees.
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960:"The Bergen Steamship Company / Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab (Bergen Line)"
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134:. After being sold again in 1988, the company lost any individual identity.
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Sailings were interrupted at the end of 1916 after four BDS ships including
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The primary function of the company was to transport Russian timber from
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continued until its withdrawal in 1974 after steep rises in fuel prices.
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had been sunk while in German hands, and the service was re-opened with
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operating the summer service with up to five sailings per week, and
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on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and northbound trips from the Tyne by
184:, entered the service and remained on regular sailings until 1931.
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on Tuesdays and Saturdays also called at Stavanger and Haugesund.
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during most of the 1930s. In 1936 the peak season was covered by
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meet with an accident. Normal regular services were restarted by
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powered by steam turbines, newly built on the Tyne in 1920 by
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to operate a shipping service between the Norwegian ports of
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had been intercepted and sunk by U-boats in two months; but
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in which over 2500 people died. According to the newspaper
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between Gothenburg and Tilbury, Bergen Line ordered a new
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when the Bergen Line's contribution was provided by
40:, a BDS Newcastle to Bergen ferry in October 1973
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126:railway) passenger ships were operated between
298:The next ship to be built for the service was
271:In 1931, in response to a new route opened by
980:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
810:. Newcastle upon Tyne: Shield Publications.
785:. Newcastle upon Tyne: Shield Publications.
1016:(in Norwegian). Hurtigruten. Archived from
687:Russo-Norwegian Navigation Company, Limited
1071:Transport companies disestablished in 1988
1027:"Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab 1851-1988"
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373:The last conventional passenger ferry was
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1081:Norwegian companies established in 1851
1066:Transport companies established in 1851
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958:M.Kohli; S.Swiggum; Ted Finch (2005).
400:was withdrawn and broken up in 1968.
927:
1061:Defunct shipping companies of Norway
769:Norway and the Bergen Line 1851-1951
736:Valestrand, Terje (7 October 2006).
715:"RUSSO-NORWEGIAN NAVIGATION COMPANY"
295:, each with two round trips weekly.
279:, a 20-knot motorship of 5,406
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1007:"Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab AS"
988:
882:
704:The company was dissolved in 1928.
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681:Russo-Norwegian Navigation Company
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1092:
991:"A New Concept in World Cruising"
857:Larsson, Björn (9 October 2011).
831:Larsson, Björn (9 October 2011).
240:on 26 November 1918, followed by
1076:1988 disestablishments in Norway
738:"Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap"
56:) (BDS), was founded in 1851 by
308:Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
92:Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab
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10:
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156:piers and now part of the
54:Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
27:Norwegian shipping company
1044:"Professor Krylov's Navy"
914:List of Hurtigruten ships
885:"Nasjonalt Skipsregister"
863:Maritime Timetable Images
837:Maritime Timetable Images
806:Middlemiss, N.L. (1990).
781:Middlemiss, N.L. (1990).
577:, 1927-2006, (5,020
1031:Hurtigrutene Information
989:Tré, Mark (2009-06-01).
673:); withdrawn March 2012.
656:, 1953-1955 (2,652
645:, 1952–1993 (2,163
634:, 1951-1983 (2,162
623:, 1949-1982 (2,098
612:, 1939-1940 (2,029
601:, 1937-1954 (1,919
555:, 1912-1951 (1,070
542:, 1910-1931 (1,097
180:), built on the Tyne by
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76:with the paddle steamer
46:Bergen Steamship Company
930:"Hurtigruten postcards"
883:Nørsett, Anstein Jarl.
588:, 1928-1941, (998
566:, 1919-1921, (959
531:, 1910-1949, (978
520:, 1905-1912, (784
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498:, 1898–1912, (877
487:, 1898-1903, (681
476:, 1896-1910, (652
429:, later from Bergen to
72:and the German port of
808:Fred Olsen/Bergen Line
783:Fred Olsen/Bergen Line
465:, 1894-1927 (962
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491:); Wrecked and burnt
147:UK Passenger Service
928:Boyle, Ian (2007).
771:, BDS, Bergen, 1953
266:Armstrong Whitworth
895:on 1 February 2011
859:"More Bergen Line"
767:Kielhau, Wilhelm,
94:in setting up the
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934:Simplon Postcards
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418:Hurtigruten
411:Hurtigruten
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190:World War I
182:Swan Hunter
158:Royal Quays
132:Kosmos Line
124:Bergen Line
120:Bergen Line
87:Hurtigruten
1055:Categories
708:References
616:) War loss
546:); Wrecked
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168:(995
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423:Trondheim
128:Newcastle
66:Stavanger
50:Norwegian
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748:Bergen
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507:Astræa
462:Sirius
343:Astrea
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166:Mercur
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62:Bergen
939:3 May
899:3 May
868:3 May
842:3 May
753:3 May
723:Notes
485:Orion
398:Venus
390:Venus
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359:Vega'
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316:Venus
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250:Venus
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105:Rigel
982:link
941:2012
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812:ISBN
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