File:MS Alandia 1967.jpg

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Car ferry MS Alandia in Grisslehamn July 1967

Ship

  • Type: Ferry (RORO)
  • Builder: Moss Vaerft, Moss
  • Yard No: 79
  • Launch Date: 7.6.39
  • Date of completion: 13.7.39
  • Length overall:
  • LPP: 48.9
  • Beam: 10.1
  • Tons: 484
  • Speed: 9 kn

History

  • Built 1939 at Moss værft in Norway as MS Bastø II for A/S Alpha, Moss, Norway
  • 1944 Commanded by the Germans for troup transportations
  • 1961 Sold to Eckerö Linjen in Åland, renamed: MS Alandia
  • 1961 Capsized without any casualities. Was salvaged and put into service again, after that nicknamed "Åland runt". ("Alandia around")
  • 1976 Sold for scrap to Ystad.
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Brief history of the vessel:

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  • Built 1939 at Moss værft in Norway as MS Bastø II for traffic between Moss and Horten
  • After 22 years of faithful service (apart from 1944 when commanded by the Germans for troup transportations) sold to Eckerö Line in Åland 1961
  • In service as MS Alandia between Grisslehamn and Eckerö to 1976 when sold for scrap to Ystad. The last years only in reserve and summertime
  • Capsized once in 1961, without any casualities. Was salvaged and put into service again, after that nicknamed "Åland runt". ("Alandia around")

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