DIONE
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:42 pm
Until the middle of the 17th century, Porsgrunn was the name of a small island on the east side of the Porsgrunn River. It was renamed Tollbodøya when the Customs House was moved there in 1661. Porsgrunn was then little more than a cluster of buildings, 26 on the east and 12 on the west side. The Customs House was a gathering place and centre of activity provided by timber exports, commodity imports, small-scale trading and an inn. By 1801 the population had grown from about 200 to 1600 and in 1807 King Christian VII granted Porsgrunn municipal privileges.
Shipping had great significance for the business sector and local community. By the end of the 1850s, 18 shipowners were registered and Porsgrunn had become a sailing port. Most of the shipowners had started out as seamen. They saved up, bought shares in sailing vessels or started a shipyard where they built vessels and took them over. Between 1850 and 1881, the fleet grew from 45 to 110 vessels. Shipping was a commercial driving force in the town. The demand for timber, masts and yards from the rural communities increased, as did the influx of workers to the town. Trade flourished and craftsmen were in demand. Shipbuilding was the town’s third largest industry, after shipping and timber. The vessel on the commemorative stamp is the barque “Dione”, built at Jeremiassen’s shipyard in 1881.
Export of ice was another important industry. Ice merchants were located all along the Frierfjord. Porsgrunn’s exports of ice peaked in 1906 at more than 60,000 tonnes. Natural ice soon began to lose ground to more modern methods of refrigeration. In the meantime, however, other industry had sprung up. New factories replaced the many shipyards that had lain side by side along the Porsgrunn River. These were home of Porsgrunds mekaniske Værksted (engineering), Norrøna Fabriker (emery and grindstone), Porsgrunds Gjærfabrik (yeast) and Porsgrund Porselænsfabrik (fine china).
The china factory was established in 1885. It was then, and still is, the only one of its kind in Norway. The company’s main products were household china, but it also manufactured ornaments and exclusive utility goods. Its products won prizes and recognition at exhibitions at home and abroad and were the source of great pride to the local people. The china was called “white gold” and the town was known as “the porcelain town”.
Herøya also shares in Porsgrunn’s proud industrial history. This is where Norsk Hydro built its production plant for fertilisers. The company’s activities at Herøya were later diversified, but down through the years this area underwent great changes. Today, it is an industrial estate housing 90 companies. One of them is the highly successful REC, which makes multicrystalline wafers for the solar cell industry.
Subject: Coat-of-arms, Customs house, Barque “DIONE”, Perfume bottle
Design: Sverre Morken
http://www.posten.no/en/products-and-se ... icentenary
Built by Johan Jerimiasen, Porsgrunn, Norway for his own account.
Launched under the name DIONE.
Tonnage 785 gross, 720 net, dim. 171.3 x 35 x 19.6ft.
Barque rigged.
October 1881delivered.
She was owned by Jerimiasen and partners until his death in 1889 when his widow took over the company.
In 1899, she was sold to Herman Jerimiassen, also in Prosgrunn, and then in1909, sold to A/S Dione (J.W. Olsen), Frederikstad, Norway. On Sept. 8, 1916, she was again sold, this time to
Marcus Hannestad, Frederikshald (registered in Halden, Norway). A month later, on Oct. 10, she was sold to Seilskibs-A/S Dione (Chr. Christensen), Frederikshald, but she did not sail long for her new owner.
On May 2, 1917 while on a voyage from St. Andrews, Florida bound for Sharpness, England, she was loaded with pitch-pine wood, when stopped by U-58 (KL Wippern), 100 miles west of Fastnet (50º39’N, 11º45W). The submarine fired a warning shot across her bow and continued shooting
while the crew boarded the lifeboat. They were then ordered to surrender the ship’s papers, and told to leave the area. DIONE was subsequently blown up by the German submarine, an action witnessed by the Norwegian barque VANDUARA from Tvedestrand, which was subsequently
sunk.
After eight hours, the crew was picked up by the Norwegian barque ACENCIS from Sandefjord, and the following day transferred to the sloop HMS ZINNIA, which also rescued the crew from VANDUARA and landed them at Castletown.
Norway 2007 A sg?, scott?
Source: Bjørn Tandberg; Maritime Motiver, July 2007;
Skipet, March 1988. Watercraft Philately 2007/92.
Shipping had great significance for the business sector and local community. By the end of the 1850s, 18 shipowners were registered and Porsgrunn had become a sailing port. Most of the shipowners had started out as seamen. They saved up, bought shares in sailing vessels or started a shipyard where they built vessels and took them over. Between 1850 and 1881, the fleet grew from 45 to 110 vessels. Shipping was a commercial driving force in the town. The demand for timber, masts and yards from the rural communities increased, as did the influx of workers to the town. Trade flourished and craftsmen were in demand. Shipbuilding was the town’s third largest industry, after shipping and timber. The vessel on the commemorative stamp is the barque “Dione”, built at Jeremiassen’s shipyard in 1881.
Export of ice was another important industry. Ice merchants were located all along the Frierfjord. Porsgrunn’s exports of ice peaked in 1906 at more than 60,000 tonnes. Natural ice soon began to lose ground to more modern methods of refrigeration. In the meantime, however, other industry had sprung up. New factories replaced the many shipyards that had lain side by side along the Porsgrunn River. These were home of Porsgrunds mekaniske Værksted (engineering), Norrøna Fabriker (emery and grindstone), Porsgrunds Gjærfabrik (yeast) and Porsgrund Porselænsfabrik (fine china).
The china factory was established in 1885. It was then, and still is, the only one of its kind in Norway. The company’s main products were household china, but it also manufactured ornaments and exclusive utility goods. Its products won prizes and recognition at exhibitions at home and abroad and were the source of great pride to the local people. The china was called “white gold” and the town was known as “the porcelain town”.
Herøya also shares in Porsgrunn’s proud industrial history. This is where Norsk Hydro built its production plant for fertilisers. The company’s activities at Herøya were later diversified, but down through the years this area underwent great changes. Today, it is an industrial estate housing 90 companies. One of them is the highly successful REC, which makes multicrystalline wafers for the solar cell industry.
Subject: Coat-of-arms, Customs house, Barque “DIONE”, Perfume bottle
Design: Sverre Morken
http://www.posten.no/en/products-and-se ... icentenary
Built by Johan Jerimiasen, Porsgrunn, Norway for his own account.
Launched under the name DIONE.
Tonnage 785 gross, 720 net, dim. 171.3 x 35 x 19.6ft.
Barque rigged.
October 1881delivered.
She was owned by Jerimiasen and partners until his death in 1889 when his widow took over the company.
In 1899, she was sold to Herman Jerimiassen, also in Prosgrunn, and then in1909, sold to A/S Dione (J.W. Olsen), Frederikstad, Norway. On Sept. 8, 1916, she was again sold, this time to
Marcus Hannestad, Frederikshald (registered in Halden, Norway). A month later, on Oct. 10, she was sold to Seilskibs-A/S Dione (Chr. Christensen), Frederikshald, but she did not sail long for her new owner.
On May 2, 1917 while on a voyage from St. Andrews, Florida bound for Sharpness, England, she was loaded with pitch-pine wood, when stopped by U-58 (KL Wippern), 100 miles west of Fastnet (50º39’N, 11º45W). The submarine fired a warning shot across her bow and continued shooting
while the crew boarded the lifeboat. They were then ordered to surrender the ship’s papers, and told to leave the area. DIONE was subsequently blown up by the German submarine, an action witnessed by the Norwegian barque VANDUARA from Tvedestrand, which was subsequently
sunk.
After eight hours, the crew was picked up by the Norwegian barque ACENCIS from Sandefjord, and the following day transferred to the sloop HMS ZINNIA, which also rescued the crew from VANDUARA and landed them at Castletown.
Norway 2007 A sg?, scott?
Source: Bjørn Tandberg; Maritime Motiver, July 2007;
Skipet, March 1988. Watercraft Philately 2007/92.