Richard With
Richard With (born September 18, 1846 in Tromsø , † February 9, 1930 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian captain and shipowner . He founded the Hurtigruten mail service .
Life
Richard With was born in Tromsø, the fifth of nine siblings. Even during his school education at the Teachers' College in Tromsø, he traveled regularly between Vardø and Bergen with his father - also a captain on merchant ships. After his helmsman exams had graduated in Trondheim, he went several years on different merchant ships.
In 1875 he moved to Risøyhamn and acquired the local trading office, which he expanded with commercial skills in the following years. The earned money there was the basis for his first ship, known for its, in November 1881 together with business partners, newly formed shipping company that Vesteraalske Dampskibsselskab A / S (VDS) as D / S Vesterålen was used. With this ship As captain, With sailed the Lofoten waters and the coasts of Norway and thus collected crucial nautical information on the coastal waters.
It was this information that gave him the decisive edge in the tendering process for a new state mail service between Trondheim and Vadsø in 1891 . On July 2, 1893, he undertook the first Hurtigrute trip with the D / S Vesteraalen . A year later in 1894 he became the sole director of "his" Vesteraalske Dampskibsselskab A / S . In the following years, the post ship route was continuously expanded and expanded. Other ships were used.
In 1908, at the age of 62, he retired and moved to Oslo. There he devoted himself to other nautical projects. Again and again, however, his path led him back to the Hurtigruten when B. there was about new building projects or the definition of new fairways. From 1910 to 1912 he was parliamentary representative in Oslo. He died there on February 9, 1930 at the age of 83.
Two Hurtigruten passenger ships were named after him: the Richard With der Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, commissioned in 1909, and the Richard With der Hurtigruten ASA, commissioned in 1993 .
Web link
- Biography on norwegische-postschiffe.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | With, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Captain and founder of the Norwegian Hurtigruten mail line |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tromso , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1930 |
| Place of death | Oslo , Norway |