S/S Tasso (1), Wilson Line Main Page >> Burden Built Shipowner or operator  Dimensions 610 gross  1852 at Glasgow by Thomas Wingate & Co.  Wilson Line, Hull, England  213.5ft x 23ft x 14ft   Year Remarks  1852  Launched as the Scandinavian for the Wilson Line  1854  Sold to the North Europe Steam Navigation Company  1858  Bought back to the Wilson Line  1870  Renamed "Tasso"  1870 Christiania - Christiansand - London     1871 Trondheim - Christiansund - Bergen - Hull     1871 Christiania - Christiansand - Hull     1872 Trondheim - Christiansund - Bergen - Hull     1872 Christiania - Christiansand - Hull     1873 Trondheim - Christiansund - Bergen - Hull     1873 Christiania - Christiansand - Hull     1874 Trondheim - Christiansund - Bergen - Hull  Passenger list:    1875 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1876 Bergen - Stavanger - Hull     1876 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1877  April 24, 41 emigrants left Trondheim for America via Hull, England. 14 emigrants for Allan Line, 2 for National Line, 10 for White Star Line, 9 for Inman Line, 5 for America Line and 1 for Anchor Line.  1877 Bergen - Stavanger - Hull     1877 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1878 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1879 Trondheim - Christiansund - Bergen - Hull     1879 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1880 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1881 Trondheim - Christiansund - Bergen - Hull     1881 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1882 Bergen - Stavanger - Hull     1882 Trondheim - Christiansund - Bergen - Hull     1882 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1883 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1883 Christiania - Christiansand - Hull     1884 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1885 Bergen - Stavanger - Hull     1885 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull     1886  Mar. 14, ran aground at the mouth of the Bømlofjord on way from Bergen to Hull, all crew and passengers saved, post and cargo salvaged by divers  1886 Bergen - Stavanger - Hull     1886 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull    The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges Painting of the S.S. Tasso (1): (Signed: J.C. Hull 1886 - Owner: Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum - Source: Digitalmuseum - License: CC BY-SA 4.0) On April 15th 1880, an incident happened at the harbor in Trondheim. The Tasso had been moored by the Pier in the Nidelven river to take on passengers, but not all passengers got on board before the low tide came. The ship had to anchor up in the fjord to wait for the rest of the passengers. To get on the ship the passengers had to go by small ferryboats from a floating pier situated in the channel at a place called Ravnkloen. Several thousand people are said to have been there to say farewell to their friends and family. The floating pier was connected to land by a pontoon bridge, and the weight of all these people bacame to much for the old bridge. It is estimated that ¨ between 100 - 200 people fell into the channel when the bridge broke. At the same time, two ferryboats on their way out to the Tasso were filled with water by heavy seas, and one of them sank. Two people from one of the boats drowned. By a stroke of luck none of the people that fell into the channel were killed, but several had to be taken to hospital. 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