Ryfylke
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Ryfylke
was built at Kjöbenhavns Flydedok & Skibs in 1917 and
was meant for service for the company Det Østasiatiske
Kompagni in the Danish colonies in West-India. But at this
time Denmark sold their colonies to USA and she was sold
together with her sister ship St. Thomas to the British
company United Baltic Corporation. From 1921 she sailed
between ports in England and Scandinavia until she was
laid up in 1929. Two years later she was bought by the
Norwegian company Det Stavangerske Dampskipbselskab. She
was rebuilt for passenger traffic on the route
Sandnes-Stavanger and did service here until the German
invasion of Norway in April1940. The Coastal Express had
after several losses been forced to charter other vessels,
and they chartered Rtfylke. Under her second journey
5.February 1941 northbound, she was stopped at Stadt and
sunk by the British submarine HMS Sealion. Rumors
circulated for a while in the early 2000s that her wreck
had been found, but this was never verified.
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 Picture: Ryfylke Originally from skovheim.org |
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