Hellig Olav IDNo 5601843

**Seadog Pete R.I.P.** · 08-04-14, 04:48 AM

S/S Hellig Olav, Scandinavian America Line

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**Roedspaetten** · 08-04-14, 05:09 PM

Hellig Olav IDNo 5601843

Adding more pictures....

Historical Highlights

Scandinavia - America Line was the first special division of DFDS in October 1898, after DFDS took over the sailing company " Thingvalla "
Company Thingvalla had at the time of the takeover the ships " Thingvalla ", " Norway ", " Island " and " Hekla ", but they were eventually of such a nature, that it was necessary to procure new ships.

On the 14th of November 1901 they launched the first of new ships, Oscar II, and in 1902 the two sisters ships Holy Olav and United States, came into service. The ships were so alike that it was not possible to tell the difference, if there were no names on their bows.

As an immediate consequence of the growth of the Company, the ship "Rotterdam" of The Netherlands - America line - was bought in March 1906. This ship was subsequently renamed “CF-Tietgen” in honor of the legendary founder of DFDS.
The ship CF Tietgen was never very popular among the passengers, and with the launch of the ship ”Frederik VIII " on May 27 1913 , it was unnecessary , and sold to Russian - East Steamship Company
Unfortunately decreased ridership on the route disastrously in the early 1930s. During world war one the Norwegians and the Swedes had started their own lines of America. DFDS attempted to compensate for these hard facts of new competitors on the route, by starting to have very large advertising campaigns in Poland, trying toconvince the many Polish emigrants of using the Scandinavia - America Line.

But an unfortunate combination of U.S. and Canada began to cut down the number of allowed immigrations and on top of that, making things even worse for the DFDS? America-Route, the Polish state had built two super modern diesel America-Liners in Italy, and that was more than the company could withstand.

Already in 1931, Oscar II was taken out of the route, then the Holy Olav and in 1934 the United States was stopped and laid up.
Then there was only one ship left on the route, the Frederik VIII. In 1935 she made 9 round-trips.
Then DFDS finally made the difficult decision on early closure - And after an un-successfully attempt to obtain government loans for the construction and building of two new Liners for the Danish America-Line - the line was in 1935 definitively closed.

**Roedspaetten** · 08-04-14, 05:12 PM

Hellig Olav IDNo 5601843

A few more photos..

HELLIG OLAV (NMFQ),
Built in 1903 in Glasgow by “Stephens”. # 339
HK-8500 D.PA.STL. 2deck. AwngD.
L-500,8 - B-58,3 - D-37,6
BRT 10112 - NET 5996 - TDW 6950
Knots 15,5
2T-2x3CY. A. STEPHEN & SON. GLASGOW..
Touched ground on the 3rd of May 1906 in Kronl?bet on route K?benhavn-New York with
passengers & cargo. She had a minor leak in a tank.
Had a leak in a cargo hold on the 22nd of Jan in 1930 while she was in the Atlantic Ocean on route from Oslo to Halifax with passengers & cargo.
In October of 1931 she was laid up in K?benhavn.
Sold in 1934 to H. Bolschow in Blyth, England, for BU.

**Roedspaetten** · 08-04-14, 05:23 PM

Hellig Olav IDNo 5601843

Hellig Olav
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Hellig Olav & United States were sister ships, they were very very much alike and it is very hard to tell them apart if their names are not visible. From 1903 to 193 she made 209 roundtrips and sailed a distance of 1.632.526 nautical miles

United States

Hellig Olav & United States were sister ships, they were very very much alike and it is very hard to tell them apart if their names are not visible.
From 1903 to 1935 she made 233 roundtrips and sailed a distance of 1.796.926 nautical miles

Hellig Olav IDNo 5601843

Hellig Olav IDNo 5601843

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