Three motor ships have borne the name Fernglen:
- MS Fernglen (1929) was a 4,444-ton Norwegian cargo ship launched on 15 May 1929, by Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Oslo, Norway. Sold to Sweden and renamed Sandhamn in 1884, then sold to France in 1939 and renamed Sinfra. Sunk by Allied aircraft near Crete with great loss of life in October 1943. [1]
- MS Fernglen (1936) was a 5,206-ton Norwegian cargo ship launched on 16 March 1936, by Götaverken in Gothenburg, Sweden. Sold to Greece and renamed Billie in 1963. Delivered to breaker's yard in Gemlik, Turkey in September 1972. [2]
- MS Fernglen (1964) was a 7,436-ton Norwegian bulk carrier completed on 27 November 1964, by Rheinstahl Nordsee in Emden, West Germany. Sold in 1975 to Liberia and renamed Tyrol. Resold in 1978 to Greece and renamed Odysseus. Delivered to breaker's yard in China in May 1987. [3]
Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence, and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 it functioned as a co-official capital. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city's name was spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1897 by state and municipal authorities. In 1925 the city was renamed Oslo.
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city center and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.
Gemlik is a town and district in the Bursa Province in Turkey on the southern gulf of Armutlu Peninsula on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. It is located approximately 29 km (18 mi) from Bursa, not far from Istanbul. Gemlik was called Kios until 1922, when its Greek inhabitants, who composed around 80% of the population, forced to leave Asia Minor as part of the population exchange with Greece]. As of 2009, the total population of Gemlik is 100,000.
