MS NJORD (TPKH -> OHSU, LR/IMO) Valmistunut/completed: 1919.11.11, Helsinki, A/B Sandvikens skeppsdocka & Mek. Verkstad. Shipyard no. 216.
530 dwt, 2 diesel engines 320 BHP (twin screw), 55.42 x 8.56 x 3.96 m.
1919.11.11: SUNKIST, homeport Mariehamn. Rederi Ab Sun (Rafael Sundblom). First diesel motor cargo ship of Åland. 1920.3.8: Turku. O/Y Meri Ltd. (Karl F. Kuula & J. Wallin main shareholders). 1921: Bankrupt. 1921.12.21: Hugo Sandback, Turku. Acquired at an auction. 1924.4.11: NJORD, Vaasa. Wasa-Nordsjö Ångbåts A/B. 1925.12.9: owners merged with Finska Ångfartygs Ab, Helsinki. 1926.10.16: homeport Pargas. Pargas Kalkbergs Aktiebolag, Pargas.
1935.8.14: PIONIER I, Gdynia. "Pionier" Towarzystwo Okretowe Sp. o.o. (Pioneer Navigation Co. Ltd, Witalis Milanowski). Was said to be the first Polish motorship. 1937.2 Detained in Gdansk by creditors. 1937.6.14 Sold in forced auction to Norway 1937: DIDO, Haugesund. D/S A/S Saga (D. Anfindsen & C. Skogland).
1939.1.7: enroute Odense - Lossiemouth loaded with barley capsized at North Sea. One sailor was lost. Survivors were picked up by Norwegian S/S LOG.

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