Built in 1927 for The Royal Greenland Trade Department, Copenhagen, Denmark; Strandgade Shipyard (Kjebenhavns Flyd. & Skibs), Copenhagen, Denmark (yard No. 180); Gt. 1,496, nt. 859, dwt. 1,400; 246' x 36'2" x 17'; B&W diesel engine, 1,050 hp, 10.25kn.
Far into the 20th century, the Royal Greenland Trade Department was still using sailing ships, though often with a steam engine. In 1926-27, the department finally took the plunge and built a modern passenger ship, DISKO, measuring 1,496 gross tons. The ship was built at the
Kjobenhavns Flydedok & Skibsverft in Copenhagen and radically departed from the hitherto prevailing ideas of how ships for polar navigation ought to be, for she was built of steel. The DISKO was delivered to her owners in March 1927, as something quite new in Greenland navigation, equipped with a diesel engine.
In 1953, she was sold or transferred to Royal Greenland Trade Dept. Copenhagen. By the time DISKO was laid up at Aasiaat (Egedesminde) in 1963, she had undertaken 157 voyages between Copenhagen and Greenland and, in addition, sailed for a couple of years on coastal navigation.
She was reported as sold to Einar Hansen, F Stolt-Nielsen & Co., Kjabmannsskar, pr. Tonsberg in September 1966, and laid up at the yard of A/S Ostfold Skipsopphugning Co in May 1967, with work beginning in April 1968.
LOg Book March 2005