Uddevalla Trafik AB,
Uddevalla.
1925 - 1967
Founded  1925

Uddevalla Turisttrafik AB
1967 - ?

 
m/s HAVSTENSFJORD  1951 - 1968  (Passenger ship)
1883: Delivered from W. Lindbergs Verkstad & Varvs AB, Stockholm as J. G. SCHWAN to Trollhätte Kanalbolag, Trolhättan, Sweden.
1947: Sold to Agnes Hildegard Albinsson, Gothenburg, Sweden and renamed JAN.
1950: Steam engine taken out and a oil engine of 100 bhp fitted.
1951: Sold to Uddevalla Trafik AB, Uddevalla, Sweden. and renamed HAFSTENSFJORD.
1967: Transferred to Uddevalla Turisttrafik AB, Uddevalla, Sweden.
1968: Sold to Rederi AB Lustfart, Stockholm, Sweden and renamed BUTTERFLY III.
1971: Sold to Lennart E:son Egnell, Stockholm, Sweden and renamed ATHENE.
1997: Sold to Ulf Lindell, Stockholm, Sweden.

Off.no: 9099
Tonnage: 78 grt, 44 nrt.
Dim: 20,60 x 4,72 x 2,22 m.
Engine: Steam, 90 ihp.
 
s/s GUSTAFSBERG  (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. The first engine was from a scrapped "tank")
1953: New engine fitted (150 hk Penta)
1962: New engine fitted. (Volvo-Penta)
1967: A fusion between Uddevalla Trafik AB and Uddevalla Turistbyrå and the new company name Uddevalla Turisttrafik AB.
1982: New engine fitted. (?)
1998: Rebuild to have a look like she was 1900.
2005: Still in traffic in 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)


Photo from 7/9 1998


As she looks today
s/s SUNNINGEN. (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.
 1967: A fusion between Uddevalla Trafik AB and Uddevalla Turistbyrå and the new company name Uddevalla Turisttrafik AB.
2005: Still in traffic in Uddevalla

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


As she looks today
m/s BYFJORDEN (Passengership)
April 1968: Delivered from Skaalurens Skibsbyggeri A/S, Rosendal, Norway as BYFJORDEN to Uddevalla Turisttrafik AB, Uddevalla.
1989: Lengthened
2005: Still in traffic

Off: no: 10934
Tonnage: 122 grt, 67 nrt (before lengthening)
Dim: 25,50 x 5,68 x 3,20 m (before lengthening)
Engine: Oil 2SA 6-cyl., 450 bhp, Wichmann


After rebuilding 1989

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