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Gidget
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Posted - 11/12/2004 :  22:21:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My great grandfather, Carl Olaf Carlsen and his mother Caroline Elisa Carlsen travelled from Oslo to Hamburg on
2 November 1878 on the SS St Olaf.

I believe they may have then travelled on the ship Charles Dickens from Hamburg to Rockhampton, Australia on
6 November 1878.

How long would it have taken to sail from Oslo to Hamburg?
If this journey took longer than 4 days it would seem then would not have been able to sail on the Charles Dickens.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Lisa

Trond
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Norway
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Posted - 12/12/2004 :  10:12:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
S/S St. Olaf left Kristiania/Oslo at 15:00 evening and would have arrived Kristiansand the next night (midnight). From Kristiansand to Hamburg would take some 1 -2 days (3 days at most in bad weather).

Morgenbladet October 31 1878
Trond Austheim
Edited by - Trond on 12/12/2004 10:14:41
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Gidget
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Posted - 13/12/2004 :  05:58:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Trond

Thank you very much for the information on the SS St Olaf.

I have learnt so much about my Norwegian ancestors which I would never have been able to find without this website.

Merry Christmas

Lisa
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