Västan
A small passenger steamer built in 1900 at the Motala Verkstad, Motala, as the Nya Svartsjölandet for Ångfartygs AB Nya Svartsjölandet for the Stockholm archipelago passenger trade.
Registered dimensions: 31,88×5,91×2,45 m, 151,08 GRT, 95,64 NRT.
- 1900
- Launched at the Motala Verkstad, Motala.
- 1937
- Bought by Waxholms Ångfartygs AB.
- 1938
- Renamed Västan.
- 1953
- The steam engine was replaced by a diesel engine.
Still sailing for the Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, Stockholm.
More information (In Swedish).
Updated 1995-02-19 by
Lars Bruzelius
Sjöhistoriska Samfundet |
The Maritime History Virtual Archives.
Copyright © 1995 Lars Bruzelius.