Storskär
A small passenger steamer built as the Strängnäs Express in 1908 at the Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg, for the Strängnäs Ny Rederi AB, Strängnäs, at a kost of SEK 150.000 for their Lake Mälaren passenger trade.
Registered dimensions: 36,98×6,99×2,96 m, 324,64 BRT & 210,27 NRT.
- 1908
- Launched as the Strängnäs Express at the Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg, for trade between Stockholm and Strängnäs.
- 1918
- Bought by the Ångfartygs AB Drottningholm-Fittja, Stockholm.
- 1925
- The company was renamed to Trafikaktiebolaget Mälaren-Hjämaren.
- 1939
- Renamed Storskär.
- 1952
- Bought by Waxholms Nya Ångfartygs AB, Vaxholm, and put on the trade in the Northern Stockholm archipelago.
- 1964-1965
- Modernised during the winter.
Still in service in Stockholm.
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Updated 1995-02-21 by
Lars Bruzelius
Sjöhistoriska Samfundet |
The Maritime History Virtual Archives.
Copyright © 1995 Lars Bruzelius.