SS Kommandøren
Norwegian passenger/cargo steamship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Kommandøren was a steel-hulled passenger/cargo steamship built in Norway in 1891. She served as a communications link between the regional capital of Western Norway, Bergen, and the various communities of Sogn og Fjordane county.
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Kommandøren leaving Balestrand in 1936 | |
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Name | Kommandøren |
Namesake | Kommandørkaptein Hugo Lous |
Owner | Nordre Bergenhus Amts Dampskibe |
Port of registry | Bergen |
Route | Bergen-Sogn og Fjordane |
Builder | Akers Mekaniske Værksted, Kristiania, Norway |
Cost | 264,000 kr |
Yard number | 132 |
Completed | 30 June 1891 |
Maiden voyage | 5 July 1891 |
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Fate | Sunk by a Kriegsmarine torpedo boat in Bergen harbour, on 29 March 1945. Wreck raised in April 1946, and sold for scrap in November that year. |
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Length | 49.3 metres (162 ft) |
Beam | 7.3 metres (24 ft) |
Draught | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Capacity | 249 passengers |
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Following the 9 April 1940 German invasion of Norway, she was requisitioned by the Norwegian authorities and carried troops for the Norwegian war effort until the forces in Western Norway ceased fighting on 2 May 1940.
After a brief stint in German service, she returned to her civilian duties later in 1940, and was accidentally torpedoed and sunk by a German E-boat in Bergen on 29 March 1945.