Exploring M/S "Hamen" from 1949. Laid up since 1985.

In 1960, a new oil-fired power station was commissioned in Portsmouth, and "Pompey Power" became redundant. Tandberg & Møinichen in Drammen bought "Pompey Power" and named it "Tandik". "Tandik" sailed the North Sea and Baltic Sea for a couple of years, but was an old ship and it was, among other things, difficult to obtain steam engineers.

Hans Utkilen in Bergen bought the ship in 1962 and named it "Hamen", at the same time he replaced the steam engine with a 9-cylinder Norwegian-built Wichmann 9acat diesel engine. Today, this engine is a technical cultural monument in itself. Without this machine, HAMEN would probably have been cut during the 80s, as happened with the ships that retained the steam engine for too long.

As HAMEN, the ship carried coal, ore, pig iron, lumber and general cargo in a very varied speed. The speed range could stretch all the way from France to Murmansk. When HAMEN was launched in 1985, it was the oldest ship in the Norwegian foreign fleet. HAMEN is today a very rare ship, has a high age in terms of ship engineering, and can vividly illustrate the social, living and working conditions on board the ships from Norway's heyday as a maritime nation.

The ship represents an era in Norwegian maritime history of which little has been preserved and is a completely natural addition to the Norwegian Association for Ship Protection.

Today's owners are Stiftelsens Hamen. The intention and vision is that in an authentic environment you can tell about the work and living conditions of Norwegian seamen in European and overseas foreign shipping, their efforts in Norwegian foreign shipping over more than 150 years, about foreign shipping and about maritime history in general.

Technical info:
Length: 242.2 feet
Width: 36.55 feet
Draft: 14.45 feet
Top speed: 11 knots
Main machine: Wichmann 9ACAT
Gross tonnage: 1,364 gt

"Pompey Power"
1948: June 21: Launched.
1949: January: Delivered to the British Electricity Authority. Dubbed "Pompey Power".
1949: Used to transport coal from the north of England to the electricity plant in Portsmouth

"Tandik"
1960: July: Sold to Rederi A/S Orion at Tandberg & Møinichen, Drammen. Renamed "Tandik".
1962: Laid up in Sandefjord

«Hamen»
1963: Sold to Hans Utkilen, Bergen. Renamed "Hamen".
1963: June: Steam engine dismantled and replaced with diesel engine.
1985: June 15: Decommissioned.
1996: Sold to Alvar Olsson, Hälle, Sweden
2004: Purchased by Stiftelsen Norsk Fartøyvern.
2011: March: Partially sunk while is laid up.
2012: 6 December: Towed to Halden
2012: 7 December: Leaving Halden in tow.
2012: 8 December: Arrives in Hirtshals for docking.
2013: 22 January: Docked in Hirtshals for exterior renovation.
2013: 6 June: Leaving Hirtshals under tow by TB "Skilsø".
2018: 19 October: Arrives at Bredalsholmen Dock & Ship Protection Center for restoration.

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