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PS Skibladner is the world's oldest paddle steamer in timetabled service, and the only paddle steamer operating in Norway, sailing on lake Mjøsa.. Skibladner is a side-wheel paddle steamer, and her maiden voyage was on 2 August 1856.
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
MS Lofoten (call sign LIXN) is a Norwegian passenger and cargo vessel formerly owned and operated by Hurtigruten AS.The ship was built in 1964. After MS Nordstjernen was retired from coastal service in 2012, MS Lofoten became the oldest ship in the current fleet still in operation.
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A steamboat that caught fire in a snowstorm off Washington. L.R. Doty United States: 25 October 1898 A steamship lost in a violent storm while towing Olive Jeanette. Lumberman: 6 April 1893 A schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Oak Creek. Margaret A. Muir United States: 30 September 1893
Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, received a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding that the monarch will remain in the hospital for a few days. The 87-year-old ...
Norway's central Atlantic coast battened down Wednesday as authorities warned that the country could see its most powerful storm in three decades and urged people to stay indoors. Hurricane-force ...
Illustration of Molde Nico Wilhelm Jungmann (1904). The History of Molde in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway can be traced back to the Middle Ages.Settlement in the area can be traced further back in time - evidence given by two rock slabs carved with petroglyphs found at Bjørset west of the center of the town of Molde in the present day Molde Municipality.