Welcome Home
by Geir Rosset
Title
Welcome Home
Artist
Geir Rosset
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
Description
S.S. Stavangerfjord has just arrived home to Oslo from New York, some time in the 1950s.
From Wikipedia:
SS Stavangerfjord was a Norwegian passenger ocean liner that sailed for the Norwegian America Line between Norway and the United States and sailed periodically to Canada.[3] She was the third ship of the Norwegian American Line, and similar to the company's first two ships. SS Stavangerfjord was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, England. The ship was launched on 21 May 1917, and was put into service in April 1918. The ship sailed to New York and due to World War I, it did not arrive in Bergen until 21 September 1918. In 1924 her fuel was converted from coal to oil combustion.
The ship was seized by Nazi German occupiers in Oslo in 1940 and was used as a depot ship throughout World War II. After the war, the shipping company resumed the ship in transatlantic scheduled traffic between New York and several ports in Norway. The "Old Lady" faithfully crossed the Atlantic until 1964 when she was sold for scrapping.
Uploaded
January 14th, 2022
Statistics
Viewed 212 Times - Last Visitor from Cambridge, MA on 04/26/2024 at 10:53 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments
There are no comments for Welcome Home. Click here to post the first comment.