Bergen Castle

Bergen Castle

The ship as Nordhordland .

Ship data flag  United Kingdom other ship names Nordhordland (1976-2003) Stella (2005-2008) Ship type Double-ended ferry Owner Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Ltd , Southampton Shipyard Løland Verft A / S, Leirvik i Sogn Build number 42 Launch August 10, 1976 Whereabouts Scrapped in Turkey in 2008

Ship dimensions and crew length 66.02 m ( Lüa ) width 12.55 m Draft Max. 3.84 m measurement 1248 GT / 411 NRZ

Machine system machine 1 × Normo diesel engine Machine performance 1,214 kW (1,651 hp) Service speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 490 dw Permitted number of passengers 350 Vehicle capacity 85 cars

Others IMO no. 7523300

The Bergen Castle was a double-ended ferry built in Norway in 1976 . The ferry was used as Nordhordland on various routes in Norway before it was sold to the British shipping company Red Funnel in 2003 .

history

The ferry was built in 1976 under construction number 42 on Løland Verft in Leirvik i Sogn. The launching of the ship took place on August 10, 1976. The ship was on 15 October 1976 Bergen Nordhordland Rutelag ASA in Bergen delivered and when Nordhordland under Norwegian flag with home port provided mountains into service. The ferry was used on the route across the Sørfjord between Breistein and Valestrandsfossen .

From the beginning of July 1988 the ferry was chartered by Rutelag Askøy-Bergen AS in Bergen between Bergen and Kleppestø on the island of Askøy . Due to a machine failure, however, the mission ended after a few days. After the repair, the ferry was used again between Breistein and Valestrandsfossen.

From October 1996 to August 1997 the ferry was chartered by Rogaland Trafikkselskap AS in Stavanger on the route from Stavanger to Tau . Then it was used again between Breistein and Valestrandsfossen until the end of 1997.

In the following years the ferry was chartered by other shipping companies, initially for Hardanger Sunnhordlandske D / SA / S in Bergen on the route between Hatvik and Venjaneset and from mid-1998 again for Rogaland Trafikkselskap AS, which initially operated the ship for around three months between Hanasand , Talgje , Ladstein and Fogn and from September 1998 between Leirvåg and Sløvåg started.

Hardanger Sunnhordlandske D / SA / S bought the ferry on January 1st, 2002 and used it for a few months between Leirvåg , Skipavik and Sløvåg .

After being idle for several months, the ship was sold to Red Funnel in Southampton in September 2003 and renamed Bergen Castle . It served there in the time in which one of the ferries of the Raptor class was being converted, as a replacement ship on the route between Southampton and Cowes .

In 2005 the ferry was decommissioned and sold to Greece in November . The new name was Stella . The ferry was transferred to the Ambelakia shipyard in Salamis , but was then left there. In 2008 it was sold to Turkey for scrapping .

Data

The ship was powered by a standard diesel engine (type: LDMB-9) with 1,214  kW of power . It was equipped with a controllable pitch propeller at both ends and reached a speed of around 12  knots .

The vehicle capacity was 85 cars, for which two decks with three lanes each were available. The upper deck was open at the top. Trucks and buses could also be transported here. Below the protruding, lateral structure with the bridge , the clear height was limited to 2.3 m. The lower deck could be reached via ramps on board. Two common rooms with a cafeteria were available below deck for the passengers.

Web links

• Bergen Castle Photographs , Simplon Postcards
• M / S Nordhordland , Fakta om Fartyg

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} MV Bergen Castle , Passenger Vessel Archive, Red Funnel. Retrieved July 30, 2018.