Sirius near Oslo
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Name | Sirius |
Namesake | The star Sirius |
Owner | Bergen Steamship Company |
Port of registry | Bergen |
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Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany |
Cost | 350,435 kr |
Yard number | 76 |
Launched | 26 February 1885 |
Completed | April 1885 |
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Fate | Sunk by a Luftwaffe bomber off Finnlandsneset, Dyrøya, on 18 May 1940 |
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Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Capacity | 70 passengers (before 1927 cargo ship conversion) |
Crew | 18 (1940) |
SS Sirius was a Norwegian iron-hulled steamship built in Germany in 1885. Sirius spent over 55 years sailing with cargo, regular passengers and tourists between Norway and Europe, and on the Norwegian coast. In 1894-1895, she served a year on the Hurtigruten route on the coast of Norway, before reverting to her former duties.
Sirius was rebuilt twice, the final rebuild in 1927 converting her to a dedicated cargo ship, a role which she fulfilled for the rest of her existence. Following the 1940 German invasion of Norway, she was requisitioned by the Norwegian government and carried supplies for both the civilian authorities and the military until bombed and sunk by a German aircraft on 18 May 1940.