page_title: SS Sirius (1885)
section_title: Hurtigruten service
hierarchical_section_title: SS Sirius (1885) / Hurtigruten service
caption_attribution_description: English: Norwegian coastal express ship (Hurtigruten) DS Sirius in Bergen Norsk bokmål: Hurtigruteskipet DS «Sirius» i Bergen omkring 1890
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: In 1894, the year after businessman Richard With and his Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab had pioneered the Hurtigruten coastal passenger/cargo route along the coast of Norway, fulfilling a government contract with his steamer Vesteraalen, the Bergen Steamship Company and Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab gained a joint four-year contract to sail the route. While Nordenfjeldske employed the brand-new Erling Jarl, the Bergen Steamship Company used four older ships on the route. The two companies were to sail the route alternate years. The first voyage of the new business venture began on 3 July 1894, when Sirius set sail from north from Trondheim. During the summer season the route transported goods and passengers between ports from Trondheim to Hammerfest, while the winter route only went as far north as Tromsø.
  Sirius ended her stint on the Hurtigruten route on 1 July 1895, when Nordenfjeldske stepped in in accordance with the contract. While on Hurtigruten service, Sirius had set out on her northbound route from Brattøra in Trondheim each Thursday at 08:00.
caption: Sirius docked in Bergen, c. 1890
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