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Express
and her sistership Norrtelje were in their time the biggest and most
beautiful steamers in the Stockholm archipelago.
In
beginning of 20th century Express was serving the central archipelago and
in 1913
renamed Express I when the Waxholm Steamboat Co. bought s/s
"Brevik", who was
renamed "Express II".
During
the years 1947-1951 Express I was serving the central archipelago, and
1951-1956 she served in the northern archipelago.
At the beginning of new year 1961 Express I was broken down at Hammarby Machine
Shops in Stockholm. Some of the ship´s interior was saved, namely the
dining saloon
built up in mahogny, and is now part of the dining room in hotel
Sjöfartshotellet,
Stockholm. To
be remeberd is a every year repeated ceremony when the steamer blew
departure signals on her steam whistle when passing through the narrow
passage
at Waxholm, just to mark the end of summertrips for the year.
Source: Bergengren, Kurt, "Skärgårdsbåt till
sommarnöjet",
Albert Bonniers Förlag 1965.
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The
model of "Express I" was built by Bertil.He has
calculated a building time of about 2500 hours or 3 years.
This boat´s scale is 1/25 giving a length of 186
centimeters and a beam of 34 centimeters. A 4-channel
radio is used to control:rudder, forward/astern, lanterns,
deck lightsand sound effects.
The hull is built up with glass fibre using a one´s own
hand fabricated mould. |
Here
you will find
pictures of Express I
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