Bohuslän - the last steamer on the West CoastThe West Coast of Sweden that is, photographed while out for a spin on the evening of 9 June 2008.
Length: 43.1 m, Beam: 7.3 m, Draught: 2.7 m, GRT: 235.
Triple-expansion steam engine 700 indicated horsepower, Scotch boiler, oil-fired.
She was built in 1914 by Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad for Marstrands Nya Ångfartygs AB, and for over 40 years was in service on the route Göteborg-Lysekil-Smögen-Gravarne (now Kungshamn). Bus and traffic on vehicle ferries gradually took over this island traffic, and she was laid up in the autumn of 1963, and sold for scrap 2 years later. A group of enthusiasts set up the Sällskapet Ångbåten (Steamship Association) in 1965 and rescued her from the scrapman. As far as possible she has been restored to the way she was on delivery in May 1914.
Picture added on 10 June 2008
