Merchant Ships 'Gus' Sailed On

The vessels Ture 'Gus' Alfvegren sailed during his 40 years at sea

                                      INSKRIFNINGSBOK               Brig 'Brarr'                                                1901
                                          (Swedish log book)                   Skou  'Emma'                                             1902 
                                                                                           Skou  'Fridhem'                                          1903
                                                                                           Frigareso 'Amsterdam'                              1905 Norway
                                                                                           Bark  'M.Roosvall'                                    1905 Norway
                                                                                           Angfartyget 'Reserve'                               1906 Norway
                                                                                           Tyskeany  'Burgermeister Petersen'        1906 Philadelphia

                                                                                                                                                       
                                    
                                     BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE   SS  'Rotterdam'                                        1907 Calcutta, USA
                                         CERTIFICATE BOOK             SS  'Farringford'                                       1908 Port Said
                                                                                             SS  'Competitor'                                       1908 Foreign
                                                                                             SS  'Lord Downshire'                               1908 USA
                                                                                             SS  'Wingrove'                                          1909 Mediterranean
                                                                                             SS  'Oxonian '                                           1909 New Orleans             
                                                                                             SS  'Waiwera'                                           1910 New Zealand
                                                                                             SS  'Teleconia'                                          1910 cable repair
                                                                                             SS  'Demosthenes'                                   1911  Australia (5 voyages)
                                                                                           TSS  'Lake Michigan'                                1913  trooping (13 voyages)
                                                                                             SS  'Lake Manitoba'                                1918 Montreal, USA,
                                                                                             SS  'Burmese Prince'                                1919 France
                                                                                             SS  'Celtic Prince'                                     1919 Far East

                                                                       The following are pictures of many the ships Gus sailed on.
                          We would appreciate pictures or additional information on the ships listed above and add them to this collection.
                                                                               These pictures are solely for educational purposes


                                                                         
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                        Bark 'M.Roosvall'

                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                          Schooner 'Emma' ? 

                                                                                                             SS 'Fridhem' 

                                                                                                            SS 'Waiwera' 

    SS 'Lord Downshire'

                                                                                                          SS 'Demosthenes' 

                                                                                                        TSS 'Lake Michigan  

                                                                                                         SS 'Burmese Prince'

                                                                                                             SS 'Celtic Prince' 

                                                                                                             SS 'Rotterdam'

                                                                                                           SS 'Lake Manitoba' 

 After serving on the SS Burmese Prince he signs on to the S.S Corsair

 U.S.S. 'Corsair', J.P. Morgan's yacht served as sub-chaser 

during WW 1. Gus served as Bos'n aboard her.
 

                                                                                   Gus, upper left and crew of the S.S. 'Corsair'     

                                                                                                         SS Corsair in Genoa 

Gus of his Royal Majesty's Merchant Marine

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