page_title: Tinnsjø railway ferry
section_title: SF Rjukanfos
hierarchical_section_title: Tinnsjø railway ferry / Ferries / SF Rjukanfos
caption_attribution_description: English: D/F Hydro that operated between Rollag and Mæl as a railway ferry. Sunk by Norwegian resistance during World War II; a key event to hinder Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons.
context_page_description: Tinnsjø railway ferry was a Norwegian railway ferry service on Lake Tinn that connected the Rjukan Line and Tinnoset Line. The 30-kilometer long ferry trip made it possible for Norsk Hydro to transport its fertilizer from the plant at Rjukan to the port in Skien. The ferry services were operated by the companies subsidiary Norsk Transport from 1909 to 1991, when the plant closed.
  One of the ferries was in 1944 the target of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage when it was sunk to 430 meters depth to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons.
context_section_description: SF Rjukanfos, built in 1909, was the first railway ferry on Lake Tinn. The steam ship was 42.2 m (138.5 ft) long and 9.8 m (32.2 ft) wide and 338 gross tonnes. It operated up to two daily departures each way, with a capacity of 120 passengers. The ship was rebuilt in 1946 to 648 gross tonnes but taken out of services and scrapped in 1969.
caption: SF Hydro docket at Mæl
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