D/S UrsvikA/S Bundefjords Dampskipsselskap, Oslo
A/S Nesodden-Bundefjord Dampskipsselskap, Oslo (from 1941)
191 gt
Built in Tronheim 1933. Pre war history: Delivered in May-1933 from A/S Trondhjem Mek. Verksted, Trondheim as
Ursvik to A/S Bundefjords Dampskipsselskap, Oslo. Steel hull, 107.2’ x 21.9’ x 7.3’, 191 gt, Triple Expantion (TMV) 339ihp 13.5 knots, registered for 370 passengers. Used in the company's newly started summer route Oslo-Ingierstrand Bad in Bunnefjorden. Laid up in the wintertime due to her high coal consumption.
WW II: In Febr.-1941 the owning company fused with A/S Nesodden-Bundefjord Dampskipsselskap, Oslo and the 2 companies' routes were combined.
Ursvik continued in the same service. Requisitioned by the Kriegsamrine in May-1941 and used between Trondheim and the German battleship
Tirpitz while based in Åsenfjorden in Trøndelag.
Ursvik was also in regularly scheduled service Narvik-Hammerfest and Narvik-Harstad.
POST WAR: Returned to owners at war's end, May-1945. Hired out for use by the Allies in Norway, returned to owners in Nov.-1945, continuing in her service to Ingierstrand Bad. Sold in June-1958 to Nikolas G. Metaxas, Athens, Greece (Steamship Co. Aragonis, Piræus) and renamed
Hara. Owners went bankrupt in 1974 and the vessel deleted from Lloyd's register. Possibly later converted to a bar at unknown location.
(Info received from T. Eriksen, Norway - His sources: Article about A/S Nesodden-Bundefjord D/S by Harald Lorentzen in Skipet 3.90 and misc.).