Másin

Másin

Másin in August 2004 in Hvannasund

Ship data flag  Faroe Islands Ship type Post ship / passenger ferry Callsign XPYQ home port Klaksvík Owner Provincial Government of the Faroe Islands Shipping company Strandfaraskip Landsins Shipyard Tórshavnar Skipasmiðja, Tórshavn

Ship dimensions and crew length 15.60 m ( Lüa ) width 5.06 m Draft Max. 2.29 m measurement 38.99 GRT / 19.18 NRT

Machine system machine Grenaa Machine performance 147 kW (200 hp)

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 63/46

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas

Másin on a postage stamp from Postverk Føroya

The Másin [ ˈmɔasɪn ] ( fär . Mási = " herring gull ") was a small passenger ferry with a wooden hull that operated as a mail ship between Hvannasund and the islands of Svínoy and Fugloy in the Faroe Islands . It has now been replaced on this route by the Ritan passenger ferry .

The ship was built in 1959 at the Tórshavner shipyard. It belonged to the state shipping company Strandfaraskip Landsins and was sold by them in 2010. Initially it was supposed to be used for tourist purposes, but it sank in the port of Klaksvík . Despite promises by an association, it was not rebuilt and finally scrapped in August 2012. The ship, measured at just under 39 GRT, could carry a maximum of 65 passengers. It was used on the route from Klaksvík to the North Islands , but in 1967-72 it also drove the route to Sandoy . Until the helicopter service was introduced in 1984, the Másin was the only means of public transport for the residents of Svínoy and Fugloy.

Web links

Commons : Másin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Skipalistin.fo - Másin (Ship Register) ( Memento of February 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
• Stamps.fo - Old Post Ships (for stamp issue)
• The Másin , website of the German-Faroese Circle of Friends (DFF), disappears quietly