Manager: Vesterålens Dampskibsselskab, Stokmarknes
Tonnage: 990 gt

Delivered Jan. 17-1923 as Sebenico by Unionwerke, Boizenburg am Elbe (570), 1053 gt - 536 net - 1528dwt. She had been sold to HAPAG ("Hamburg-Amerikanischen Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft) in 1921 during constructing, but transferred to the HAPAG controlled company Deutsche Levant Linie, Hamburg. Sold on Sept. 4-1924 to Lübeck-Wyburger Dampfschiff-Ges., Lübeck, and renamed Imatra Oct. 22. Rebuilt, 990 gt - 544net - 1500dwt.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
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Imatra arrived Tromsø on Apr. 7-1940 to load a cargo of fish for Germany and was still there on Apr. 9 when Norway was invaded. Captured by the Norwegan Navy auxiliaries Aud I and Kvitøy on the 11th. Renamed Møysalen for Vesteraalens D/S. Used as ammunition transport during the fighting in Northern Norway, later as fish transport and finally with coal from Svalbard.

When on a voyage to Svalbard to pick up a cargo of coal she was ordered to proceed to a British port. Left Svalbard on June 7-1940 and ended up in Nortraship's register.

In service to New Foundland, Canada, the US east coast, the Caribbean and Central-America. Please follow the instructions at the external link below for information on some of her convoy voyages, and compare the info to the voyages listed on the documents from the Norwegian archives.

POST WAR:

Sold by the Norwegian Government on June 22-1946 to E. B. Aaby's Shipping Co. Ltd., Oslo and renamed Faro. Rebuilt to 1017 gt - 553 net - 1550 dwt. Sold Oct./Nov.1951 to H. Peters, Hamburg and renamed Frieda Peters. Delivered as motorship on Apr. 3-1954 with 997 gt - 663 net - 1550 dwt. Rebuilt by Mützelfeldtwerft, Cuxhaven. Arrived Eckhardt & Co, Hamburg on Nov. 8-1966 for breaking up.

Related external link:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Moysalen" as keyword, some convoys will come up.

Back to Møysalen on the "Ships starting with M" page.

Another Møysalen (car and passenger ferry) was built for this company in 1968, 178 gt. This ship was sold in July-1978 to Helgeland Trafikkselskap A/S Sandnessjøen and renamed Kvina. Sold in Nov.-1989 to Jørgen Bosvik, Litlabø/Stord, renamed Kvinafjord in Jan.-1990 (no longer in use as ferry). Sold in Nov.-1991 to Fylkesbaatane i Sogn & Fjordane, renamed Nårasund (as ferry again) - still same owner and service in 1998.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc., including the "Norway during WW II" forum.