Thingvalla line
| Thingvalla line | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1880 |
| resolution | 1898 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by DFDS |
| Seat | Copenhagen , Denmark |
| Branch | Shipping company |
The Thingvalla Line (officially Dampskibs Selskabet Thingvalla ) was a shipping company based in Copenhagen that offered a transatlantic service between various ports in Northern Europe and North America from 1880 to 1898, which was mainly used by Scandinavian emigrants .
It was named after its first steamship Thingvalla, bought in 1880 by Sejl og Dampskibsselskabet (sailing and steam ship company) .
Misfortunes
The “trademark” of the Thingvalla line was the use of older, small steamers, which, so to speak, earned their bread and butter under the Danebrog . Still, the line was considered reliable; there were only a few accidents.
On February 15, 1883, the Hekla ran aground east of Sandefjord or Nøtterøy . All passengers and crew as well as large parts of the cargo could be recovered before the ship sank on February 17, 1883.
On August 14, 1888, the Thingvalla collided in the fog with the Geiser , commissioned in 1881, off Sable Island , which sank within five minutes (118 dead).
On April 6, 1898 the Danmark sank , built in 1880 as Jan Breydel and taken over by the Thingvalla line in 1888. 735 passengers and the crew were saved.
On July 3, 1904, the steamer Norge broke on a cliff in front of the rocky island Rockall , where 625 people were killed because there were too few lifeboats and the ship sank quickly.
The takeover
At that time, the Thingvalla line had already been bought up by the Copenhagen-based DFDS - Det forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A / S (United Steamship Company). Since then, the Danish transatlantic service has been better known worldwide under the name Scandinavian America Line (Scandinavian American Line).
Web links
- The Thingvalla Line. In: norwayheritage.com. Accessed December 6, 2016 .
- Thingvalla Line / Dampskibs Selskabet Thingvalla. The Fleets. In: theshipslist.com. Accessed December 6, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ The Collision between the Thingvalla and the Geiser, Details of the disaster. In: norwayheritage.com. Accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ The Rescue of the Passengers of the S / S Danmark. In: norwayheritage.com. Accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ The S / S Norge disaster - newspaper reports. In: norwayheritage.com. Accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ Scandinavian America Lines / Scandinavian America Line. The Fleets. In: theshipslist.com. Accessed December 6, 2016 .