The Thingvalla was built by Burmeister and Wain, at Copenhagen, for the "Sej og Dampskibs-Selskabet "Thingvalla" (Sailing and Steamship Company), the first ship of the fleet. She was an iron-hulled, 3-masted schooner-rigged steamer of 2503 gross tons 1,609 net, launched in October, 1874. Length 300 ft. 7 in.; beam 37 ft. 2 in.; dept 28 ft 8 in. Compound engines, 4 cyl., 360 hp. In August 1888, she collided with another ship of the company, the Geiser, off Sable Island, the latter ship sinking within five minutes with the loss of over 100 lives. The Thingvalla, in May 1890, collided with an iceberg, but suffered only slight damage, her bow being boarded up and made secure by a large quantity of fast-drying cement. The ship was sold to the Scandinavian-American Line in 1898; and two years later sold to Aslaug, Copenhagen. SG619