D/S FjellstrandA/S Nesoddens Dampskibsselskab, Oslo
(A/S Nesodden-Bundefjord Dampskipsselskap, Oslo - 1941)
219 gt
Built in Oslo 1935. Pre war history: Delivered in May-1935 from Nylands Verksted, Oslo (322) as
Fjellstrand to A/S Nesodden Dampskibsselskab, Oslo. Steel hull, 110’ x 21.9’ x 7.3’, 219 gt, Triple Expansion (Nylands) 473ihp, 13.3 knots. Registered for 374 passengers. Built especially for owner's summer routes in inner Oslofjord (with city people wanting to go to the countryside). She couldn't be used for this service during the wintertime due to her high coal consumption, so was laid up then.
WW II: In Febr.-1941 the company fused with A/S Nesodden-Bundefjord Dampskipsselskap, Oslo. Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in May-1941. Used that year to transport the wounded from Bergenske D/S's passenger vessel
Meteor, used by the Germans as hospital vessel in Neidenfjorden west of Kirkenes (
Meteor left there in Aug.-1941). On Jan. 14-1942
Fjellstrand was in the German convoy in which the German
Türkheim (ex Swedish
Fagervik) was sunk by the Russian S-102 (Gorodnichii).
POST WAR: Returned to owners in June-1945. Sold in 1958 to N. C. Sardis, Rhodos, Greece, renamed
Stella. Renamed
Panormitis in 1960. Condemned in 1968 following a fire on board.
(Info received from T. Eriksen, Norway - His sources: Article about A/S Nesodden-Bundefjord D/S by Harald Lorentzen in Skipet 3.90, "Lang Kyst" by Trygve Nordanger, 1975 and a thread on my Ship Forum).