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zoltán horváth
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Though the distance makes it difficult to
discern all details, from what I can see, the ship in today flies a white
flag with the red and white Hurtigruten logo. This observation is confirmed
by the registry of funnels and house flags kept by the
Norwegian Shipping History Society (document no longer
available).
Jan Oskar Engene, 26 February 2008
(Ed: The links below go to other pages in FOTW)
A number of companies have participated through the more than one hundred years the line has been in operation:
Jan Oskar Engene, 26 February 2008
Hurtigruten literally means "fast track" and was the name of a line transporting mail from Bergen to the northern parts of Norway up to Kirkenes by ship. Meanwhile Hurtigruten also carries tourists and, as far as I know, their ships are partially registered in Nassau (Bahamas).
Hurtigruten is a conglomerate of several shipping companies.
Those are:
![[Bergenske Dampskibsselskab]](../images/n/no~bds.gif)
image by Jan Oskar Engene
Established 12 December 1851 in Bergen. (no image, is already depicted on our pages)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
Established 12 February 1855 in Stavanger.
Description of flag: The flag looks similar to the flag of Puerto Rico. It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag of alternating red and white stripes, the red ones perhaps slightly smaller, with a dark blue triangle at the hoist having a white 5-point star.
![[Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibs]](../images/n/no~nfds.gif)
image by Jarig BakkerEstablished.28 January 1867 in Trondheim.
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
Established 1 October 1888 in Tromsø.
Description of flag: It is a dark blue flag, fimbriated white and red. Within a blue field are white capital letters, one capital in each corner "TFDS" around a white 5-point star in the centre.
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
Established 10 November 1881 in Stokmarknes.
Description of flag: It is a celestial blue flag with a white edge and divided per bend by a white ribbon containing red capitals "VDS".
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
Established 13 July 1916 in Hammerfest.
Description of flag: It is a dark blue flag with a capital "F" of the same colour within a white lozenge and fimbriated white and red at the top and bottom edge.
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
Established 13 August 1927 in Bodø.
Description of flag: It is a dark blue flag with white serifed capitals "NDS" and fimbriated white and red at the top and bottom edge.
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
Established 24 July 1912 in Narvik.
Description of flag: It is red flag with a white stripe at the top and bottom edge. In the red field is a white lozenge with a black capital "O".
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
The company has at least a table flag, but I believe they nowadays use a white flag with the company logo, while the funnels are black with the company logo.
Description of flag: It is a white flag with a red disc in its centre. Within the disc are to white rectangles and a triangle forming a kind of "H", all above a white wave.
Source: exhibition of Hurtigruten at the Levantehaus in Hamburg
on 27 February 2007.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 January 2009
Well, if you ever plan to go up north
Take the sea way, that is THE way to go forth
Cause without fail
The Hurtigrute'll sail.From Bergen all the way to Kirkeness
It's a 1400 sea mile trip, no less
But, without fail
The Hurtigrute'll sail.Ålesund's a short stay
In Trondheim the next day
Once Nesna is gone
There will be Midnight SunSvolvær in the Lovoten
In Stokmarknes the ships are at home
In Hammerfest be an Ice Bear
In Honningsvåg the Cape's nearThen Kjøllefjord, Båtsfjord,
Vardø and Vadsø, you'll see
To take a trip along the coast
It's the sea route that is THE route that's the most
Cause, without fail
The Hurtigrute'll sail.
The route for a long time was sailed by a number of companies, but over
time some of those dropped out while others merged. The final merger in
2005 has left a single company, that is now called Hurtigruten ASA.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 26 February 2008