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The Norröna [ ˈnɔrøːna ] is a RoPax ferry operated by the Faroese shipping company Smyril Line . It connects the Faroe Islands with ports in Denmark and Iceland . The previous connections to the Shetland Islands , Scotland and Bergen in Norway were discontinued in 2009.
history
construction
In 1995 Smyril Line started thinking about acquiring a new ship. With the start of year-round ferry service in 1998, it was decided to build a new ship and on November 12, 1999 a contract was signed with the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG). The ship was built under construction number 694 at the Flender shipyard in Lübeck . The keel was laid on January 7, 2002, the launch on August 24, 2002. The Norröna was the last ship that the Flender shipyard delivered before it was closed due to bankruptcy. The construction costs amounted to 93.4 million euros. The ship was designed by the Danish naval architecture firm Knud E. Hansen.
The new building was delivered on 7 April 2003 Smyril Line and its predecessor of the same name was in Norröna I renamed. This was sold to Operation Mobilization in April 2004 , after being on alternative duty again in the spring of 2004 following an accident on the Norröna .
commitment
The ship is used as a ferry and cargo ship. At first it served the Hanstholm - Tórshavn line twice a week with a loading capacity of 13,000 tons of goods per week. In winter it can be operated by a core crew of 20.
Since the winter half of 2005/06 the Norröna has been operating all year round to Seyðisfjörður , with Icelandic travelers having to make a stopover in the Faroe Islands from Monday morning to Wednesday evening (the Norröna drove to Bergen and Scrabster). The port of Lerwick , which used to call at in the summer half of the year , was no longer served, but the ship has been calling at the port of Scrabster in the far north of Scotland since summer 2007 .
Due to economic difficulties of the shipping company in autumn 2008, which could only be averted by a financial contribution from the Faroese government, a changed timetable was in effect from January 2009. Scrabster and Bergen have not been used since then. In the winter months, the Norröna drove from the Danish port of Esbjerg to Tórshavn and back once a week. In the summer months there were two tours a week from Hanstholm to Tórshavn, one of which went on to Seyðisfjörður. This enabled more freight to be transported between Denmark and the Faroe Islands, and at the same time the touristic and therefore lucrative route to Iceland was served without a long stop. In spring and autumn there was one connection per week on the Esbjerg - Tórshavn - Seyðisfjörður - Tórshavn - Esbjerg route.
From October 2, 2010 there was another change in the timetable: Since then, the Norröna has been calling at Hirtshals as a port in Denmark.
Smyril Line now operates the passenger route to Iceland once a week all year round, supplemented by an additional journey Denmark - Faroe Islands - Denmark in the summer months from June to August. Due to the weather conditions in the North Atlantic, the shipping company points out possible irregularities.
In bad weather, the Danish ports of Hanstholm and Frederikshavn as well as Kollafjørður on the Faroe Islands serve as alternative ports .
Incidents
In January 2004 the Norröna hit the harbor wall in the port of Tórshavn. This collision damaged a propeller so much that it could not sail again until March 2004. During this time, the ferry service with the predecessor ship Norröna I was maintained.
In connection with the hurricane " Kyrill " there was lasting damage in the hull area of the Norröna in January 2007 . Bow thrusters and stabilizers were damaged and the ship had to be repaired at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg .
In heavy seas with waves twelve meters high, one of the propellers briefly came out of the water in November 2007. The engines then switched off automatically so that the ship was unable to maneuver for twelve minutes. In addition, the starboard stabilizer was torn off and damaged the ship's hull. A lot of water entered the leak 20 centimeters below the waterline. A trailer overturned on the vehicle deck and destroyed twelve cars, and another 80 cars were damaged. None of the 325 people on board were injured.
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by four Caterpillar - six-cylinder - Diesel engines of the type MaK 6M43, each with 5,400 kW power driven. The motors act in pairs on two variable pitch propellers via reduction gears . The ship is equipped with two bow thrusters. A shaft generator and three diesel generators are available for the power supply . The generators are driven by two nine-cylinder diesel engines of the MaK 9M20 type with an output of 1710 kW each and a six-cylinder diesel engine of the MaK 6M20 type with an output of 1410 kW.
The ship is equipped with stabilizers.
There are two vehicle decks on board the ferry. These are accessible via a rear ramp . The connection on board is via fixed ramps. Above the vehicle decks there are four decks with passenger facilities. The ferry is much larger and more comfortable than the old Norröna . It holds 800 instead of 300 cars and 1480 instead of 1050 passengers. In addition, with different cabin categories, restaurants, bars and night clubs, fitness room, swimming pool, sauna and solarium, with on-board cinema, slot machines and animation programs, offers comparable to cruise ships are available. A total of 318 cabins, mostly double, triple and four-bed cabins, are available. There is an area with loungers under the vehicle deck.
photos
The Norröna near Streymoy
Norröna in Seyðisfjörður
Norröna near Koltur
Norröna near Porkeri
Norröna in Tórshavn
Summer on the Atlantic Ocean
The patient is flown out to the Shetland Islands
Norröna in the film
In the Icelandic TV series Trapped - Captured in Iceland from 2015, Norröna plays a central role in a criminal case. Because a murderer is suspected on the ferry, the passengers are not allowed to disembark for days after arriving in the port of Seyðisfjörður .
In 2018 the documentary M / S Norröna - The Queen of the North Atlantic about the ship was made. The film by Jan Philip Lange accompanies passengers and crew on the journey from Hirtshals via the Faroe Islands to Iceland.
literature
- Ro-pax ferry »Norröna« in motion . In: HANSA – International Maritime Journal . May 2003, ISSN 0017-7504 , p. 52-62 .
Web links
- Information about the ship at Smyril Line
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Technical and administrative data. DNV GL , accessed on October 16, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Facts and figures MS Norröna. Smyril Line, accessed July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Welcome on board ( Memento from April 3, 2019 in the Internet Archive ), Smyril Line .
- ↑ M / S Norräna. Facta om Fartyg, accessed July 15, 2020 (Swedish).
- ↑ No orders in sight - the lights go out at Flender at the end of May. Die Welt, April 9, 2003, accessed July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Norröna - Ferry for the Faroe Islands. Knud E. Hansen, accessed July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Smyril Line website ( Memento from August 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Faroese), accessed on August 3, 2012
- ↑ Smyril Line - Additional conditions for Iceland traffic. Retrieved March 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Smyril Line - Timetable 2019. Accessed March 20, 2019 .
- ^ Rosalind Griffiths: Norröna back at Holmsgarth after four years. The Shetland Times, May 9, 2020, accessed April 23, 2017 .
- ^ RoPax Ferry Norröna, Technical Data. (PDF, 683 kB) Schottel, accessed on July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Kim Idar Giske: Norröna. Maritimt Magasin, August 10, 2003, accessed July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Tim Schwabedissen: Stranded - Ship accidents off the North Sea coast . Verlag Koehler-Mittler, 2004, ISBN 3-7822-0893-5
- ↑ Cabin plan. (GIF, 224 kB) Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
