unknown coasters, photo's of C.G. Nyström

[ben]

In 1989 I visited Carl Nyström and was very impressed of his big collection of shipphoto's. Too many Dutch ships he had photograved. My question is: what happened with his collection of negatives?

[Leif]

Calles collection of negatives are now in the good hands of Klubb Maritim, Göteborg.

[ben]

Another photo of Calle with only a name, but I have no history:

[Torsten H]

BRUNO DIZG Built 1945 at Middlesborough 270/182/400 ts
Dims: 46.20 x 6.71 x 3.35 m.
215 hp Atlas Polar (Stockton) diesel, 5 cyls, 2-stroke
194x: sold to Pargas Kalkbergs AB, Pargas, FI; converted to barge PARGAS 6. (I think she was an ex-landing craft).
1958, June: sold to Hans Schramm, Brunsbüttelkoog. New name: BRUNO.
1960: new engine: 250 hp Jastram diesel, 6 cyls, 4-stroke.
1971, 3rd quarter: broken up in Denmark.

[Torsten H]

Completing information re BRUNO:
1947, July 18: Pargas Kalkbergs AB buys 7 landing crafts from Charles Rudiger Ellerman, Antwerp, lying in British ports. According to the Bill of Sales they are LCS(R) No 1-7 and said to be built in 1945 at Middlesborough. If correct, the builder was probably Teesside Bridge & Engineering Co. The numbers above are probably not the official ones given when built. They were renamed 'Pargas 6 - Pargas 11'. 219 grt 182 nrt Dims: 47.07 x 6.70 x 4.30 m.
1954, May 1: registered on OY Semtrans, Pargas.
1956, May 5: all 7 barges plus some other ones sold to G van Winssen, Antwerp and H Buiterdyk, Rotterdam.
And then, 'Pargas 6' pops up as 'Bruno'.

[ben]

Thorsten, thanks for this detailed information. I always thought she was a Swedish vessel. I will try to find out more information about the barges sold to Holland and Belgium.

[ben]

At the left the ferry Absalon of 1955, but the name of the little coaster .

[Torsten H]

The small galeas is VERNADIA of Fortuna, reg.nr 8347, SFPR, built 1939 at Råå of oak and pine, 79 grt 41 nrt 125 tdw, 23.30 x 6.20 x 2.37 m, became a pleasure ship in 1966 and in 1970 sold to a non-Swedish citizen and sailed to the Caribic.

[ben]

@Torsten, my compliments for the identification of this litte ship and the data. Here is the next one:

[Torsten H]

ARIEL, c/s SLIM, regnr 8852, 256/177/320 tons, 180 hp Bolinder semi-diesel, built 1947 Pukavik, Sweden of oak and beech for Rederi AB Tellus (Arthur Wingren), Oskarshamn. The picture is from 1953 as 'Ariel'. In 1953 or 1954 sold to Rickard L Wirén, Kalmar, new name LEA. In January 1966 sold to USA, new name ERAWAN. On October 19, 1976 aground and wreck at Derabies Island, NS, CA.

[ben]

@Torsten, many thanks. The name of this little, wooden?, coaster is Eolus and she was built in 1948 at Pukavik. The photo dates of 20-10-1962, but still trading?

[Jan Schönemann]

Eolus is now restaurantship in Malta. Here is some history on http://www.thanetonline.blogspot.com/20 ... gging.html

[Borgholm]

Eolus is now restaurantship in Malta. Here is some history on http://www.thanetonline.blogspot.com/20 ... gging.html

"she was being used as a coaster in Jamaica when the mining company bought her, these slow running Diesel engines run well on rum which is cheap in that part of the world"

[ben]

Thanks for the information about the Eolus and the interesting link.

ARIEL, c/s SLIM, regnr 8852, 256/177/320 tons, 180 hp Bolinder semi-diesel, built 1947 Pukavik, Sweden of oak and beech for Rederi AB Tellus (Arthur Wingren), Oskarshamn. The picture is from 1953 as 'Ariel'. In 1953 or 1954 sold to Rickard L Wirén, Kalmar, new name LEA. In January 1966 sold to USA, new name ERAWAN. On October 19, 1976 aground and wreck at Derabies Island, NS, CA.

Here is the Ariel as LEA:


Foto: ©Örjan Kronvall.

[ben]

Again an "oldie" from the Nyströmbox, but without name.