Catalogue of the Arctic ships

On the Ishavsmuseet website you will now find a link called ship catalog.

Here you will find most of the ships that have participated in seal hunting, and some other ships that have participated in polar expeditions.

The catalogue is by no means complete, there will be constant updates and new information will be added over time. More ships will also be added. We have nevertheless chosen to publish what is now ready. Many of the ships are still missing photos. This will come, but the Ishavsmuseet is also missing photos of many of the ships in the archive. We would therefore greatly appreciate it if you would have photos of any of the missing ships that you would like to share with us.

The catalog is searchable, so it's easy to find the ships you're looking for.

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Alken

Owner: 1901: G. Robertsen, Hammerfest 1923: K- Korndeliussen, Honningsvåg

Home port: Hammerfest, Honningsvag

Construction site: Built in Stavanger

Year of construction: 1872

Sletvold

Owner: 1910-1915 Johan Christiansen Sletvold 1915-1917 Jacob Krane, Tromsø 1917-1921 Jacob Krane and Alfred Sivertsen, (1916-1921) 1921- Johan Meyer, Jacob Krane and Alfred Sivertsen, Tromsø

Home port: Tromsø

Construction site: In the Salt

Year of construction: 1910

Alfred Edward

Owner: 1899 Grouping of several merchants in Harstad 1906 Aagot Finckenhagen, Hammerfest 1928 Sigurd Langaas, Stonglandshals

Home port: Tranøy

Construction site: Grimsby

Year of construction: 1879

Shipwreck: Wrecked in Lake Kvitesjøen March 18, 1928

Excelsior

Owner: 1901 Karl I. Hall et al. Tromsø 1902 Baker S. Wold et al., Tromsø 1905 Bertheus Eilewsen, Ibestad

Construction site: England

Year of construction: 1872

Shipwreck: Wrecked in the Nordisen 26 June 1926

Arctic ship Korsfjord

Crossfjord

Owner: 1917 AS MK Korsfjord I, Bergen. (Halfdan Hamre, Peder Olai Kleppe and Olai Hetlelid

Home port: Bergen

Construction site: Olai Hetlelid, Leirvik in Stord

Year of construction: 1917

Shipwreck: Foundation and foundation at Grasøyane, February 19, 1919

Arctic ship Hisken

Hissing

Owner: 1907 Alb. Gundersen, Espevær, Berner Garvik, Espevær, Ole Martin Olsen, Hiskjo, and CS Haaland, Hiskjo. 1911 GC Rieber & Co. AS, Gundersen, Garik, Olsen and Haaland 1919 Espevær Fangst og Fiskeriselskap, Espevær

Construction site: Varaldsøya

Year of construction: 1907

Shipwreck: Wrecked while herring fishing on August 23, 1926

Elsa Helen

Owner: 1920 Øyvind and Jens K. Johansen, Finnsnes 1937 Halfdan Pedersen and Jens K. Johansen 1942 Artur Willhelmsen

Home port: Tromso - Lenvik

Construction site: The salt

Year of construction: 1909

The Pole Star

Arctic Circle

Owner: 1976 Rieber & Co. AS, Bergen 1981 Carino Company, Ltd, St. John's 1986 Rieber Shipping AS, Bergen 1989 Polarsyssel AS, Bergen 1990 Rieber Shipping Svalbard AS, Bergen 1998 Solheimsviken Shipping AS, Bergen (Rieber) 2000 Torson Shipping AS, Tromsø 2007 Keith Halsey 2007 Polar Expedition & Research SA, George Town

Construction site: Høivold Trading AS, Kristiansand

Year of construction: 1976

Jan Magnus

Owner: 1950 JM Johansen A/S, Stamsund 1957 A/S Quest, Tromsø and Henry Olsen 1964 Ludolf Schelderup, Arne Austad and Ivar Austad 1966 P/R Arne and Ivar Austad 1970 Olav Håkstad, Seljelvnes 1982 Agnar Karlsen, Seljelvnes 1987 Sparebanken Nord Norge 1989 Agnar Karlsen 1992 Statens Fiskarbank 1992 Møre Ship Equipment AS, Kristiansund

Home port: Tromso - Bodo

Construction site: T. Sauvik's boat building, Moen near Risør

Year of construction: 1950

Seal

Owner: 1917 Olaf Thorsen Nedrelid, Hjørungavåg 1923 DS Sæl AS, Vartdal (Elias Nærve, Elling Aarseth, Peder E. Aarseth and Olaf Th. Nedrelid). Purchased for NOK 65.000,- 1942 State War Insurance 1942 P/R Veidemann (Per Kvien and Rasmus Bjerknes, Vartdal) purchased for NOK 10.500,-

Home port: Hjørungavag - Vartdal

Construction site: Gunvald Ottesen's shipbuilding, Sagvåg in Stord

Year of construction: 1918

Shipwreck: Wrecked in the Vesterisen 27 March 1951

Skjold

Owner: 1906 Rasmus R. Brandal and Lars R. Brandal, Brandal 1912 Rasmus R. Brandal, Lars R. Brandal, Brandal and H. Koppernæs, Ålesund

Home port: Brandal

Construction site: Skaalurens Shipbuilding, Rosendal, building no. 88

Year of construction: 1906

Shipwreck: Wrecked New Year's weekend 1913/14

Helgehorn

Owner: 1921 P/R Henrik Aall, Ålesund and Asbjørn Svendsen, Ørsta 1922 Aalesunds Landmannsbank 1922 Aalesunds Klipfiskexport A/S (purchased for NOK 53.000) 1928 A/S Helgehorn, Ålesund (A. Mogstad, E. Leira and A. Flem) 1933 A/S Vesle-Truls, Ålesund (E. Leira, E. Aarseth and Olaf T. Nedrelid) 1936 A/S Kvitungen, Ålesund (GC Rieber, E. Leira, E. Aarseth and Rolf Kvien) 1960 GC Rieber & Co A/S, Bergen 1969 Smedvik MV, Tjørvåg, in connection with the construction of a new steel ship

Home port: Ålesund

Construction site: Tangen Shipbuilding, Drammen, building no. 8

Year of construction: 1920

GDP

Owner: 1918 Boatbuilding Brødrene Moen 1919 Hans Myrvågnes, Gurskøy 1923 Aalesunds Kreditbank 1925 Johan Pilskog 1931 Aalesunds Kreditbank 1931 A/S Ungsel, Tjørvåg NOK 44.000 (Ole Røtseth, Anton Bentzen and Peter Jarnes)

Home port: Hjorungavag - Tjorvag

Construction site: Moen Shipyard, Moen near Risør, building no. 7

Year of construction: 1918

Shipwreck: Wrecked in the Danish Straits on 25 July 1934

Remofjord

Owner: 1922 Ellen Mannes, Åkrehamn 1923 Gunvald Ottesen, Sagvåg 1923 Lars A. Indvær, Simon A. Indvær and Hans M. Stokka 1928 AS Remøfjord, Sigvald Remø, Daniel Lervik, Nils Giske, GC Rieber and Erling Lervik purchased for NOK 40.000,- 1931 Sealangst og Havfiske A/S (G. C Rieber, Elling Aarseth, Johan Overå, Erling Lervik, Kristian Viddal, Olav Viddal, Albert Leira, Edvin Leira and Peder Andresen

Home port: Ålesund

Year of construction: 1922-finished 1923

Shipwreck: Wrecked in Vestisen on 17 April 1940

Opo

Owner: 1945 AS Nordag 1946 AS Sæteren Co, Oslo 1946 Skibsaktieselskapet Beran, Oslo 1950 Lovin Bratlid, Oslo 1950 Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse 1951 EB Aabys Rederi AS, Oslo 1952 AS Ryvarden, Haugesund 1954 P/R Skips A/S Opo (A. Bervik) og Morola (Oslo) AS 1963 A/S Kvitøy, Vartdal 1972 Brødrene Sørensen, Stathelle 2004 Greenland Offshore Industri AS, Stathelle

Home port: Tonsberg - Oslo - Vartdal

Construction site: Moss Shipyard & Dock, Moss, building no. 109

Year of construction: 1946

The Helmet I

Owner: 1917 Svein Hamnæs, Ole Snekvik, Jonas Aasgaard and Martinus Gjøvik, Åsgård in Nordmøre. 1928 Olaf Eriksen and Theodor Grødahl, Tromsø 1931 Sælfangst og Havfiske AS, Ålesund

Home port: Åsgard - Tromsø - Ålesund

Construction site: Snekkvika on Nordmøre

Year of construction: 1917

Shipwreck: Sunk in the White Sea on April 25, 1932

Johannes Bache

Owner: 1889 Claus Schrøder, Ålesund 1894 Claus Molstein Schrøder, and Hilmar Schrøder, Ålesund 1896 Ingeborg and Marie Schrøder (spouses of Claus and Hilmar) 1905 Skipper Kristoffer Mayer Eriksen buys in with 50% 1918 Kristoffer Mayer Eriksen 1922 Ida Eriksen and Louise Eriksen 1924 Ludolf Scheldrup, Skånland 1927 Schjelderup Sælfangstrederi AS, Skånland

Home port: Ålesund - Tromsø - Skånland

Construction site: Built in Ålesund

Year of construction: 1889

Martha

Owner: 1880 Joachim Henriksen, Ålesund 1906 Henrik Th. Hansen and Karl Godø, Ålesund

Home port: Ålesund

Construction site: Built in Ålesund

Year of construction: 1880

Shipwreck: Wrecked in 1907

Sheep horn

Owner: 1914 Peder Røch and Lovin Karlsen, Ibestad, Troms 1917 Asbjørn Svendsen, Ørsta 1921 P/R Johan Heitmann, Sverre Hind, Arthur Hind, Petter Killi, Edvin Toresen and Jakob Jensvold

Home port: Ibestad - Ørsta - Dyrøy

Construction site: Nils Skandfer, Kulstadsjøen, Vefsn

Year of construction: 1914

Shipwreck: Wrecked on 3 July 1925 at Hermansenøya, Svalbard

The Norwegian Sea

Owner: 1915 Nikolai M. Hartviksen, Ånstad, Ibestad 1930 Martin Hansen, Laupstad, Hamnvik

Home port: In residence

Construction site: Skandfer Boat Building, Kulstasjøen

Year of construction: 1915

Shipwreck: Sunk in the White Sea on March 1, 1934

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