Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten,
Uddevalla.
1876 - 1950
(William Thorburn & Sons)

Founded 1876

 

s/s WALBORG  1874 - 1950 (General cargo / Passenger steamer)
1874: Delivered from Goteborgs M.V. as WALBORG to William Thorburn & Sons, Uddevalla.
1876: Transferred to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
The name was later changed to VALBORG
1950: Sold to Gunnar Jansson, Uddevalla to be broken up. Engine was taken out and the hull was sold to AB Uddevallavarvet for use as a barge.
1957: Sold to be broken up

Off.no: 727
Tonnage: 203 grt, 139 nrt.
Dim: 33,28 x 5.65 x 2,74 m.
Engine: Steam C. 2-cyl, 190 ihp, build by the shipyard.
s/s AXEL  1878 - 1883 (Tug / Passenger steamer)
1878: Delivered from AB Lindholmen-Motala Varf, Gothenburg as AXEL to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1883: Sold to Mr. Nordrum, Oslo, Norway.
Future history unknown.

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s/s UDDEVALLA  1878 - 1942 (General cargo / Passenger steamer)
1878: Delivered from AB Lindholmen_Motala Varf, Gothenburg as UDDEVALLA to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla. Used for traffic Gothenburg - Stromstad - Kristiania and Gothenburg - Uddevalla.
1907: New boiler fitted.
1919: Repaired and modernized
1942: Sold to A/S Fosens D/S, Trondheim, Norway and renamed HEMNE.
26/3 1944: Grounded and sank in Trondheimsfjorden.
1945: Refloated and repaired.
1954: Sold to Haugesund and converted to a barge.

Off.no: 673
Tonnage: 265 grt, 186 nrt.
Dim: 38,93 x 6,71 x 2,86 m.
Engine: Steam C. 2-cyl., 300 ihp, build by the shipyard
s/s MARSTRAND  1879 - 1895
1853: Delivered from Goteborgs M.V. as WENERN and traded Ports in Lake Vanern and Gothenburg.
1860: Sold to Gothenburg and renamed SÄRÖ.
1862: Sold to Uddevalla Ångbåtsbolag, Uddevalla and renamed MARSTRAND.
1879: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1895: Sold to J. A. Johansson, Fiskebäckskil.
1897: Sold to Oscarshamn.

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s/s OSCAR II  1879 - 1883
1874: Delivered from Kristiania, Norway.
1876: Sold to Göteborg - Uddevalla Ångbåtsbolag and renamed OSCAR II.
1879: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
Jan. 1883: Stranded and wrecked south of Marstrand Sweden.

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s/s ROBERT THORBURN  1883 - 1950
1883: Delivered from Bergsunds M.V., Stockholm as ROBERT THORBURN to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
Febr. 1912: Stranded and sank south off Marstrand, Sweden
1913: Refloated, repaired and modernized.
1921: Rebuild and modernized
1950: Sold to Gunnar Jansson, Uddevalla which sold her to Belgian breakers to be broken up.

Off.no: 726
Tonnage:189 grt, 123 nrt.
Dim: 33,20 x 5,92 x 2,63 m.
Engine: Steam C. 2-cyl., 250 ihp,  build by the shipyard.
s/s VIKEN  1883 - 1942
1883: Delivered by Motola Werkstad, Motala as VIKEN to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1942: Sold to Vägverket, Umeå.
1951: Broken up.

Off.no: 711
Tonnage: 99 grt, 60 nrt.
Dim: 24,13 x 5,19 x 2,10 m
Engine: Steam, 100 ihp, build by the shipyard.
s/s WALDEMAR  1886 - 1889
1872: Delivered by Åmåls Werkstad as KOLLSBO for ?
1886: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla and renamed WALDEMAR.
1889: Sold to Ludvigsen, Skien, Norway.

Off.no: ?
Tonnage: ?
Dim: ?
Engine: ?

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s/s ALFHEM  1886 - 1928
1886: Delivered from Atlas M.V., Gefle as ALFHEM to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1910: Repaired and rebuild.
1921: Laid up in Uddevalla.
1928: Towed to Bassholmen, Sweden and broken up.

Off.no: 710
Tonnage: 86 grt, 52 nrt.
Dim: 20,24 x 4,82 x 2,08 m
Engine: Steam, 75 ihp.
s/s BOHUS   1888 - 1950  (General cargo / Passenger steamer)
1888: Delivered from Lindholmen - Motala Varf, Gothenburg as BOHUS to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1912: Repaired.
1950: Sold to Gunnar Jansson, Uddevalla which sold her to Belgian breakers to be broken up.

Off.no: 707
Tonnage: 221 grt, 138 nrt.
Dim: 29,90 x 6,60 x 2,56 m.
Engine: Steam T. 3-cyl., 220 ihp, build by the shipyard.

s/s GÖTEBORG  1891 - 1950 (Passenger steamer)
1891: Delivered fro Bergsunds M.V., Stockholm as GÖTEBORG for Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1898: New boilers fitted
1919:  Rebuild and modernized
Sept. 1930: Stranded and sank South off Grebbestad, Swedish west coast. Refloated and repaired.
1963: Sold to AB Svenska Brazil - La Platalinjen, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1963: Sold to Thunbolagen, Lidkoping, Sweden.
1964: Laid up at Bohus Varv, Gothenburg.
1965: Sold to Stockholm.
1966: Towed from Stockholm to Stromstad and laid up as a restaurant-ship
1975: Broken up at Hälle, Idefjord.

Off. no: 738
Tonnage: 416 grt, 279 nrt. 
Dim: 45,31 x 7,67 x 3,29 m
Engine: Steam T. 3-cyl., 700 ihp, build by the shipyard.

s/s KUNG RANE  1896 - 1945   (Passenger / General cargo steamer)
1896: Delivered from Goteborgs M.V., Gothenburg as KUNG RANE for Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1918: Repaired and modernized
1945: Sold to Rederi AB Stureborg, Landskrona, Sweden and renamed URANIENBORG.
1953: Sold to Antwerp Shipping & Forwarding Agency, Antwerp, Belgium to be broken up.

Off.no: 2923
Tonnage: 295 grt, 180 nrt.
Dim: 37,10 x 6,86 x 3,45 m.
Engine: Steam, 498 ihp.
s/s VICTOR  1900 - 1941   (General cargo steamer)
1899: Delivered from Dösebacka as VICTOR to Goteborgs Murbruks AB, Gothenburg.
1900: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1919: Rebuild.
1941: Sold to Porsgrunds D/S, Porsgrund, Norway and renamed PORS
1943: Sold to Gunnar Jensen, Sandefjord, Norway and renamed FRAKTEMANN 3.
1948: Sold to A/S Fraktemann, Larvik, Norway
1949: Rebuild to a motorship. (Oil 2SA 2-cyl., Jonkoping AB)
1951: Sold to D/S A/S Partagas, Oslo, Norway and renamed VERPEN.
1952: Rebuild to a motortanker.
1966: New engine fitted. (Detroitdiesel, 220 bhp)
1968: Sold to Per Hagen, Drammen, Norway and rebuild to a gas-tanker
1969: Sold to Progas A/S, Oslo, Norway, and renamed PROGAS 3.
1975: New engine fitted (Oil 2SA 12-cyl., 365 bhp General Motors build 1973)
1992: Transferred to AGA Progas A/S, Oslo.
1996: Sold to Laksfrakt A/S, Rørvik, Norway and renamed BRAMO 2

Off.no: 3866
Tonnage: 116 grt, 69 nrt
Dim: 27,61 x 5,44 x 2,87 m.
Engine: Steam, 50 ihp.

s/s BYFJORDEN  1903 - 1942  (Passenger / General cargo steamer)
1903: Delivered from Goteborgs M.V., Gothenburg as BYFJORDEN to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1913: Boilers repaired
1942: Sold to the Swedish Government and used as a tender by the Swedish Navy.
1949: Sold to Trafik AB Öckerö Skärgård, Hälsö, Sweden, rebuild , modernized and renamed BURÖ.
1975: Broken up by Persöner, Ystad, Sweden.

Off.no: 4184.
Tonnage: 201 grt, 103 nrt.
Dim: 29,86 x 6,41 x 2,40 m
Engine: Steam, 245 ihp.
s/s ALBERT EHRENSVÄRD  1907 - 1917  (Passengersteamer)
1859: Delivered from Nyköpings Varf as ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT to Gefle Ångfartygs AB, Gefle, Sweden. in traffic Stockholm - Gefle - Stockholm.
1874: On TC for the line Gothenburg - Fredrikshavn.
1875: Sold to Ångfartygs AB Goteborg - Stromstad, Gothenburg, Sweden and renamed ALBERT EHRENSVÄRD. In traffic Gothenburg - Stromstad.
21/6 1891: Grounded and sunk in Oslofjorden, Norway. Refloated and repaired.
1907: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla, Sweden. In traffic Gothenburg - Stromstad - Kristiania.
1917: Sold to Marten Hansson, Gothenburg which scrapped and used the material to build a new general cargo steamer at Helsingborgs Varf . Renamed MOLLÖSUND.
1920: Sold to AB Mercari, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1927: Sold to Oskar Treikelder, Reval, Estonia and renamed KOIT.
3/3 1931: Had fire on board in Baltic Sea when on a voyage Reval - Antwerp. Forced aground at Faluddens lighthouse off Gotland and was later declared as a "total loss".

Off:no: 6038 (Off.no: Albert Ehrensvärd=625)
Tonnage: (after 1917) 278 grt, 161 nrt.
Dim: (after 1917) 39,42 x 6,85 x 4,28 m
Engine: Steam. 300 ihp.
s/s OSCAR DICKSON / OSLO  1907 - 1927 / 1927 - 1950  (Passenger / general cargo steamer)
1877: Delivered from Lindholmen - Motala Varf, Gothenburg as OSCAR DICKSON to Ångfartygs AB Göteborg - Strömstad, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1903: New boiler fitted
1907: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla, Sweden.
1918: Repaired and modernized.
1922: Had fire in her aft compartment, two passengers killed.
Jan. 1927: Collided with the Norwegian steamer ALPHA in Oslofjorden and sank.
1927: Refloated. Repaired at Lindholmens Varf, Gothenburg and renamed OSLO.
1950: Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten in liquidation.
1950: Sold to Nya Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla (Thordén)
1951: During the winter 1951/52 rebuild and modernized at AB Uddevallavarvet.
1952: On TC for summer traffic Luleå - Vasa.
1952: Sold to Öresundstrafiken, Sweden for traffic Landskrona  - Copenhagen.
March 1955: Sold to AB Sundsfart, Helsingborg for traffic Helsingborg - Bellevue. Renamed BELLEVUE.
1956: Sold to Hamburg to be broken up.

Off.no: 623
Tonnage: 304 grt, 209 nrt.
Dim: 43,10 x 6,51 x 2,97 m
Engine: Steam, 440 ihp build by the shipyard.
m/s ALFA  1911 - 1920
1908: Delivered from Tönsberg, Norway as ALFA to Norwegian owners.
1911: Sold to Ångbåtss AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1920: Sold to Västerås
19??: Sold to Ekensbergs Varv, Stockholm.

Off.no: -
Tonnage: 22 grt
Dim: ?
Engine: Oil 22 bhp
 

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s/s TRYGGVE  1913 - 1927  (General cargo steamer)
1913: Delivered from Moss Verft as TRYGGVE to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1921: Lengthened and rebuild at Koningsberg  (new tonnage:  343 grt, 214 nrt. Dim: 45,16 x 7,31 x 3,08 m.)
14/8 1927: Capzised and sank in the Baltic Sea on a voyage from Stockholm to Leningrad. One man from the crew was saved.

Off.no: 5461
Tonnage: 284 grt, 167 nrt. (Before lengthening)
Dim: 36,82 x 7,22 x 3,06 m. (Before lengthening)
Engine: Steam, 300 ihp.
s/s GUSTAFSBERG  1915 - 1950  (Passenger steamer)
1898: Delivered from Goteborgs M.V., Gothenburg as GUSTAFSBERG II for Gustafsbergs Ångslups AB, Uddevalla.
1900: Renamed GUSTAFSBERG.
1918: Rebuild and repaired
1915: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1950: Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten in liquidation.
1950: Sold to Uddevalla Trafik AB, Uddevalla
1951: Rebuild to a motorship.
1953: New engine fitted (150 hk Penta)
1962: New engine fitted. (Volvo-Penta)
1982: New engine fitted. (?)
1998: Rebuild to have a look like she was 1900.
2005: Still trading from Uddevalla.

Off.no: 9320 (registered 1952)
Tonnage: 35 grt, 18 nrt
Dim: 19,88 x 4,34 x 2,14 m.
Engine: Steam, 50 ihp. (1919)


As she looks today
m/s STYRBJÖRN  1920 - 1950  (general cargo ship) (IMO: 5138876)
1913: Delivered from C. J. Wennbergs M.V., Karlstad as STYRBJÖRN to Bröderna Löfberg & Co., Karlstad, Sweden.
1916: Sold to Stockholms Befraktnings AB. Stockholm
1920: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
 1950: Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten in liquidation.
1950: Sold to P/R John Kristensson, Donsö, rebuild to a tankship and renamed GYRO.
1961: New engine fitted. (Oil 2SA 3-cyl. Alpha, 180 bhp)
1963: Lengthened (Dim: 30,05 x 5,39 x 2,89 m. 142 grt, 88 nrt, 203 dwt)
1980: Sold to Panama.
1986: No longer in LR

Off.no: 5532
Tonnage: 103 grt, 72 nrt.
Dim: 23,68 x 5,40 x 2,70 m.
Engine: Oil 50 bhp

s/s BORGILA  1921 - 1950  (Passenger steamer)
1906: Delivered from Porsgrund M.V. as AASMUND VINJE for Skien - Telemark D/S A/S for traffic at Telemark channel and lake-system, Norway.
1920: Sold to A/S Vestodden - Nesodden, Oslo, Norway and renamed VESTODDEN I.
1921: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla, Sweden and renamed BORGILA.
 1950: Ångbåtss AB Bohusländska Kusten in liquidation.
1950: Sold to Rederi AB Navigator, Malmö, Sweden and renamed ÖREBORG for traffic between Sweden and Denmark.
1951: Sold to Belgian breakers. (There is a roumer that she was sold by the breakers to Kongo and she was going down there by her own power)

Off.no: 6486
Tonnage: 163 gr, 95 nrt.
Dim: 27,84 x 5,40 x 2,02 m.
Engine: Steam, 125 ihp.
m/s BRAGE.  1923 - 1936 (Passenger steamer)
1876: Build by Motala Verkstad AB, Motala as a exhibit for the World Exhibition i Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1877.
1877: Sold to Stockholms Ångslupsbolag, Stockholm and named FILADELFIA.
1918: Sold to Norrköping and renamed BRAGE.
1918: Sold to Maskinaffären Generator, Gothenburg and rebuild to a motorship.
1923: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla.
1936: Sold to Gothenburg.
1936: Transferred to Vattenfallsstyrelsen (Swedish State Power Board), Porjus, Sweden and renamed SUORVA.
1948: Stricken from the Swedish ship register.
1954: Broken up.

Off.no: 7402
Tonnage:
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Engine:

s/s SUNNINGEN  1936 - 1950. (Passenger steamer)
1911: Delivered from Motala Werkstad, Motala as ÖSTRA SKÄRGÅRDEN 3 to Östra Skärgårdens Båtförening, Torshamn, Sweden.
1919: Sold to Södertälje Ångslups AB, Södertälje, Sweden and renamed FRITHIOF.
1936: Sold to Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten, Uddevalla and renamed SUNNINGEN.
 1950: Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten in liquidation.
1950: Sold to Uddevalla Trafik AB, Uddevalla
195?: Rebuild to a motorship.
1965: Rebuild and modernized at Bohus Varv, Sweden.
2005: Still trading

Off.no: 6165.
Tonnage: 46 grt, 26 nrt.
Dim: 23,49 x 4,84 x 1,80 m.
Engine: Steam.


As she looks today
   


Some of the captain´s in Ångbåts AB Bohusländska Kusten

   
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