Tonnage: 103 gt, stell hull.
Dimensions: 87.1' x 17.9' x 9.1'
Machinery: 2cyl 2tev Bolinder 120bhp

Delivered on Oct. 31-1931 from Bergens Mek. Verksteder, Bergen as Atløy to Fylkesbaatane i Sogn & Fjordane, Bergen. Steel hull, 87.1' x 17.9' x 9.1', 103 gt, 2cyl 2tev Bolinder 120bhp, 9.5 knots, registered for 103 passengers. Used in cargo service Bergen-Vadheim-Høyanger. Painted white every summer and used in the tourist trade Flåm-Gudvangen, inner Sogn, and Bergen-Balestrand-Fjærland, and once a week in nighttime cargo service in Sognefjorden, usually with live animals - needless to say the crew had quite a job getting her cleaned up for the tourists' embarkation the next morning. In the winter of 1935/36 she was placed in regularly scheduled service to Ytre Sunnfjord-Florø, encompassing Florø-Askvoll-Dalsfjord, to Eikefjord, to Bremanger and Kalvåg, and to Måløy and Selje, then every Saturday Bulandet-Solund-Bergen-Solund-Bulandet. In the tourist traffic in inner Nordfjord (Sandane-Olden) in the summer of 1937, and Måløy-Stryn (all of Nordfjord) in the summer of 1938. Ran aground in Svelgen in heavy fog at some point, but refloated herself, no damage.

WW II:

When Norway was attacked on Apr. 9-1940 Atløy was in local service to Fjærland, and in the days that followed she continued with a few runs, but was then laid up at Fjærland and her crew, most of whom came from the area around Florø was sent home. Later that month the company had her moved to Nordfjord. Stayed in Sandane for a few days, then when the fighting in the south of Norway was over Atløy took some Norwegian soldiers, who had come from Voss, to Nordfjordeid, Stårheim and Måløy. At the latter place some British soldiers wanted her to take them to England, but an armed whale catcher next to her belonging to the Navy ended up going across instead. In Dec.-1940 Atløy was damaged after having run aground near Eivindvik, repaired. By 1941 she was in the Bergen-Gulen-Solund-Hyllestad route and sometimes transported groups of young men to areas where they could catch transportation to Shetland. Atløy's cook ended up joining them and later worked on a British minesweeper. Atløy continued in her route for the rest of the war, though was occasionally laid up due to shortage of fuel.

POST WAR:

In various routes, including Bergen-Solund-Bulandet-Florø, Florø-Askvoll-Bulandet, Bergen-Dalsfjord, and cargo service to Bremanger. In 1947 she ran ashore near Gjølanger Mølle in Dalsfjorden. Ran aground in 1954 while attempting to refloat M/K Ragna, which had run aground near Årebrot north of Florø. Salvage vessel Achilles from Bergen refloated them both. In the spring of 1963 she was used in the Bergen-Fjærland route. Collided with another vessel in March that year near Fjærland, no casualties. Rebuilt later that same year, wheelhouse and saloon widened, aftership covered, new, lower funnel, a 4cyl 2tev Wichmann 240bhk installed, 10.5 knots. During her last years of service for Fylkesbaatane she was often used in the "milk run" Dalsfjord-Florø.

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