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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
1,467 gross 1890 at Hull, England by Earle‘s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Wilson Line, Hull, England 270ft x 32ft x 14.8ft 
 YearRemarks
 1890 LaunchedAtlantic Journey ID 4191
 1891 July 9, Capt. Pearson from Christiania to London with timber, wood pulp, 11500kg fresh salmon and general goods.Atlantic Journey ID 8856
 1892 Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1893 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1893 Trondheim - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1894 Trondheim - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1894 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1895 Trondheim - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1895 Trondheim - Christiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1896 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1896 Trondheim - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1896 June 26; Arrived in Hull Sunday morning at 08:00Atlantic Journey ID 4804
 1897 Trondheim - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1897 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1898 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1898 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1899 Fitted with new boilersAtlantic Journey ID 8552
 1899 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1899 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1899 July 6 Trondheim; Capt. Chambers for Hull, cargo of salmon and timberAtlantic Journey ID 4811
 1899 Aug. 2, Trondheim; 45 passengers of whom 32 traveled by Allan Line for Canada and United States, the rest with other Liners to the States. Tasso arrived in Hull Aug. 5Atlantic Journey ID 4813
 1899 Aug. 30; departed the port Trondheim at noon Thursday and arrived in Hull on Saturday afternoon, 51 emigrants with destination Canada and United States followed.Atlantic Journey ID 4814
 1899 Sept. 9; Captain Chambers for Hull with 28 emigrants for Canada and United States with the ship followed also 10 living Polar Bear’s and a load of timberAtlantic Journey ID 4815
 1900 March 7; 47 emigrants from Trondheim. Arrived in Hull March 12Atlantic Journey ID 4823
 1900 April 18; Captain Dowse. Some 80 emigrants left Trondheim and arrived in Hull April 22 at 18:00 evening. Among the emigrants was a lot of Swedes. Cargo: Wood-pulp and paperAtlantic Journey ID 4824
 1900 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1900 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1900 June 21. Captain Dowse for Hull with passengers and cargo of wood pulp, paper, butter and 425 cases of salmonAtlantic Journey ID 4827
 1900 Oct. 6. Run aground off England on her journey north. Replaced by S/S Eldorado on the west cast route Trondheim – Hull.Atlantic Journey ID 4835
 1901 Rebuilt - lengthened - refitted to take to take more passengersAtlantic Journey ID 8551
 1901 April 10 from Trondheim with 120 emigrantsAtlantic Journey ID 4845
 1901 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1901 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1901 July 4 Capt. Dowse from Trondheim with 77 emigrants. Arrived in Hull on Sunday morning July 7. Cargo of general goodsAtlantic Journey ID 4848
 1901 Oct. 9 Capt. Dowse from Trondheim with 60 emigrants and cargo of timber and fishAtlantic Journey ID 4851
 1902 March 19. Left Trondheim for Hull with 101 emigrants mostly Swedes, many were young ladies from Østersund. Cargo: timber, wood pulp, paper, 4.490kg butter, 10 barrels of medicine fish oil, 6 cases game (1.200kg), 2 cases of AquavitAtlantic Journey ID 4859
 1902 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1902 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1902 Aug. 6; Left Trondheim and the pier Bratørkaien at 22:00 evening with 52 emigrants. Arrived in Hull, Aug.10 at 16:00 afternoon.Atlantic Journey ID 4875
 1903 Feb. 25; Capt. Gordon on route Trondheim – Hull. Left Trondheim at 22:00 evening with 130 emigrants most Swedish. A record number of 107 Swedish passengers arrived in Trondheim by train to emigrate via the port of HullAtlantic Journey ID 4894
 1903 Wednesday April 8, left Trondheim at 22:00 evening via Christiansund N, Aalesund, Bergen and Stavanger for Hull. Arrived there Sunday evening the 12.Atlantic Journey ID 4897
 1903 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1903 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1903 May 20; Capt. Gordon 371 emigrants embarked and cargo: timber and 160 cases with salmon were loaded in Trondheim. Arrived in Hull, May 24Atlantic Journey ID 4899
 1903 Oct. 7 Capt. Wood arrived in Trondheim with general cargo and coal from EnglandAtlantic Journey ID 4901
 1903 Nov. 20; Capt. Gordon on route Trondheim - Hull. Cargo from Trondheim: butter and fish. Arrived in Hull Nov. 26Atlantic Journey ID 4903
 1904 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1904 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1904 July 7; Capt. Gordon left Trondheim on route to Hull with passengers and cargo of salmon. Arrived in Hull July 10Atlantic Journey ID 4906
 1905 April 26, Capt. Gordon left Trondheim with about 100 emigrants. Cargo: woodwork, paper, butter and fish-oil. Arrived in Hull at noon April 30.Atlantic Journey ID 4912
 1905 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1905 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1906 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1906 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1907 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1907 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1908 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1908 Trondheim - Kristiansund - Aalesund - Hull   
 1909 Tr.heim - Kr.sund - Ålesund - Bergen - Stavanger - Hull   
 1910 Kristiania - Kristiansand - Grimsby   
 1911 Kristiania - Kristiansand - Grimsby   
 1911 Sold to W. Morphy, HullAtlantic Journey ID 4192
 1913 Sold to Greece, renamed "Elefis"Atlantic Journey ID 4193
 1920 Foundered between Corsica-Elba as the "Photios"Atlantic Journey ID 4194
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
Details: 1,467 tons gross, 949 under deck and 936 net, poop 158 feet long and forecastle 37 feet long. She was a steel construction, single screw Schooner. She had water ballast. Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders of 21,37 & 61 inches diameter respectively; stroke 42 inches; 241 nominal horsepower; engine built by Amos & Smith in Hull.

The Wilson liner S/S Tasso (2) at Trondheim
Picture of the S/S Tasso (2) at Trondheim harbor before she was rebuilt and lengthened in 1901
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Picture of the S/S Tasso (2)
Picture of the S/S Tasso (2) after she was rebuilt and lengthened in 1901, from anold old postcard

Wilson Line steamship Tasso (2) departing Kristiansund with emigrants
Wilson Line steamship Tasso (2) departing Kristiansund with emigrants
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Tasso, Wilson Line steamship
Picture of the S/S Tasso (2) from an old postcard
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S/S Tasso of the Wilson Line at Christiansund
Picture of the S/S Tasso (2) at Christiansund (Kristiansund N)
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The Wilson line did not only offer conveyance of emigrants from Scandinavian countries to England. During the passenger season they also offered accommodation for the comfort of tourists, and arranged holiday tours to different parts of Norway and Sweden. The accommodation was strictly first class in saloons and stateroom amidships, much different from that was offered to the comfort of emigrants traveling steerage (3rd class).

Plan of Saloon and State Rooms Amidships on the SS Tasso (2)
Plan of Saloon and State Rooms Amidships offered to tourists from England
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