S/S Kong Bjørn, Det Søndenfjelds- Norske Dampskibsselskab Main Page >> Burden Built Shipowner or operator  Dimensions 958 gross  1878 at Malmø, Sweden by Kockums Mekaniska Värkstads  Det Søndenfjelds- Norske Dampskibsselskab  205,8ft x 29,4ft x 20,7ft   Year Remarks  1878  Sunday October 13 arrived Christiania from Malmø, Sweden on her maiden journey. Captain Dahl and his crew used 27 hours delayed some two hours due to contrary winds. As cargo she carried cement from Sweden.  1878  Replaced St. Olaf Christiania - Hamburg route.  1879 Christiania - Christiansand - Hamburg     1879  July 12. Capt. Dahl from Christiania to Hamburg with passengers. Cargo loaded: paper, clothes, fish, fish oil, whetstone, paving stone, tinned meat and other general goods  1880 Christiania - Christiansand - Hamburg     1881 Christiania - Hamburg     1882  April 22. Capt. Dahl from Christiania to Hamburg with 10 emigrants. Cargo: timber, Bavarian beer, paper, horseshoes, clothes, fish oil, and 300kg gold and silver  1882 Christiania - Hamburg     1883 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1884 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1885  April 18 Capt. Dahl from Christiania to Hamburg with passengers and cargo of: timber, and granite, iron, paper, 10,000kg matches 8.918 liter beer, different metal, bone, skin, horseshoe, herring, screw caps and 40 cases of Swedish beer  1885 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1886 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1887  April 16, Capt. Dahl from Christiania with passengers, cargo; plank, 9.980-litre distilled alcohol, 3.809-litre beer, 12.700-kilo matches, paper, nails, clothes and skin.  1887 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1888 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1889 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1890 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1891 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1891  Oct. 10. Capt. Aanonsen, from Christiania to Hamburg via Arendal. Cargo: 150kilo salmon, 15300kilo matches, 7518litre beer and other general goods.  1892 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1893 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1893  June 5, Capt. Anonsen from Kristiania to Hamburg via Arendal with passengers. Cargo; 6.465kg salmon, skin, clothes, nails, paper, margarine, beer and 12.600kg matches.  1894 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1895 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1896 Christiania - Arendal - Christiansand - Hamburg     1904 Kristiania - Arendal - Kristiansand - Hamburg     1905 Kristiania - Arendal - Kristiansand - Hamburg    The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. 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