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    The Bergen Steamship Company (Norwegian: Bergenske Dampskibsselskab) (BDS), was founded in 1851 by Michael Krohn to operate a shipping service between...
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    SS Polarlys (category Steamships of Norway)
    The ship was built by Burmeister & Wain at Copenhagen for the Bergen Steamship Company. She was designed for their coastal service, and as a replacement...
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  • ferries were added, sailing between Newcastle and Bergen and Stavanger. The Bergen Steamship Company continued this service until 1974. In 1978 MS Winston...
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    Torstein Hagen (category McKinsey & Company people)
    McKinsey & Company in Europe, helping to bring Holland America Line back from near-bankruptcy in 1974. In 1976, he became CEO of Bergen Steamship Company (Bergenske...
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  • Defunct Netherland Line >> Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland Bergen Steamship Company, "Bergen", >> Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, "BDS" Boreal Sjø Color Line...
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    POWs. Rigel (3,828 tons) was originally a motorship owned by the Bergen Steamship Company. The vessel was named after the brightest star in the Orion constellation...
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    (Riksantikvaren). Nordstjernen's new home port is Bergen, as it was with her original owner Bergen Steamship Company (Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, BDS). From...
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  • Theater (Bergen) opens. 1851 - Bergen Steamship Company in business. 1853 - Stølen School established. 1855 Fire. Bergens Privatbank and Bergen Mekaniske...
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    SS Sirius (1885) (category Steamships of Norway)
    the Bergen Steamship Company in Bergen, Norway. Sirius, which had cost 350,435 kr to build, was one of four ships acquired by the Bergen Steamship Company...
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    (1888–89). In 1911, Dietrichson became a commander with the in Bergen Steamship Company (Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap). When the Norwegian Navy Air Force...
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    self-discharging lake freighter owned and operated by the Interlake Steamship Company. She was originally built as the Edward B. Greene, and was later renamed...
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  • Wain, Copenhagen Polarlys Coastal passenger/cargo steamer For Bergen Steamship Company. 31 January  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel G9 V1-class torpedo boat...
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    and took over responsibility. Later, the ship Mira, belonging to Bergen Steamship Company (BSD), arrived with two doctors, two nurses, material from the...
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    DFDS (category Shipping companies of Denmark)
    and logistics company. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally The United Steamship Company). DFDS was founded...
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    Christian Sundt (category Businesspeople from Bergen in shipping)
    his fortune in ships that were constructed in Bergen. He was co-stakeholder in the Bergen Steamship Company. Sundt ran his business interests until in 1874...
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    owned by Interlake Steamship Company, MV Lee A. Tregurtha had her steam turbine replaced with two 3000 kW (4050 HP) Rolls-Royce Bergen B32:40-L6A diesel...
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    Hans Westfal-Larsen (category Businesspeople from Bergen in shipping)
    of Westfal-Larsen, a group of shipping companies based in Bergen, Norway. Hans Westfal-Larsen was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Hans Peter...
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    SS Stavangerfjord (1918) (category Steamships of Norway)
    than four decades, the steamship Stavangerfjord sailed an important transatlantic route. SS Stavangerfjord was the shipping company's ship that sailed for...
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  • Norwegian Hull Club (category Companies based in Bergen)
    mid nineteenth century, the fleet of steamships in Norway expanded rapidly and the fastest growth was seen in Bergen. To cover the increasing need of insurance...
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  • Barbar Steamship Lines, Inc. BBTU - Bress Bulk International Bulk Transport and Consulting BCAX - Blue Circle, Inc. BCCX - Border Chemical Company BCDX...
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  • Fred. Olsen & Co. (category Conglomerate companies of Norway)
    first domestically and, afterwards, internationally. To do this required steamships, of which the first was acquired in 1897. By 1914, the first motor ship...
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    British cargo steamship Thomas Walton, 7 December, the Greek cargo steamship Garoufalia on 11 December, and the British cargo steamship Deptford on 13...
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    SS Ryūsei Maru (category Steamships of Japan)
    transferred her registration to Bergen. In 1934 the call sign LDCA superseded her code letters. In 1935 the Far Eastern Steamship Co Ltd A/S acquired Havø,...
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  • Wigham Richardson (category Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom)
    and oil cakes between Odessa and Marseilles. The crew were rescued by a steamship called Staffordshire. SS Clearwater (later renamed Ingalls and Yosemite)...
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    late October 1944, Margot and Anne were transferred from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where they died of typhus. In 1953, Frank married...
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    Flower Hill Cemetery is located in North Bergen, New Jersey. It is cojoined with Hoboken Cemetery and Machpelah Cemetery. In 1900, many who died in the...
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  • hears much, including Diana's insults of him. Charles meets Lee on the steamship for Holland, and Lee shoots Charles when the steam whistle blows. As Lee...
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    private contractors 18 cargo ships for the parent company U.S. Steel / the Isthmian Steamship Company Steel Age, Steel Maker, Steel Voyager, Steel Worker...
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    Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. (category Defunct shipping companies of the United States)
    Liberty Ship, P.O. Box 25846 Highlandtown Station, Baltimore, MD [1] "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org...
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  • Thumbnail for Machpelah Cemetery (North Bergen, New Jersey)
    Jersey. Machpelah Cemetery is located at 5810 Tonnelle Avenue, in North Bergen, New Jersey. It is one of several burial sites along the western slope of...
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