The Tróndur was a Faroese car ferry built in 1959 and operated in Norway under the name Smøla until 1967 . It was canceled in 2012.
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The ship was built for the Norwegian company Møre og Romsdal Fylkesbåtar (MRF) based in Molde , which used it until 1967 under the name Smøla . The Smøla was initially used on the Kristiansund - Smøla - Hitra - Frøya route and then Kristiansund - Straumen - Kyrhaug - Forsnes . In the first three years she also served as a reserve ship on the cargo-passenger route Kristiansund - Trondheim . It was then acquired by the Faroe Islands ' state regional transport company , Strandfaraskip Landsins , where it was named Tróndur . There it was used, among other things, for the connections from Tórshavn to Toftir and to Skopun on the island of Sandoy , which has been operated from the newly built port of Gamlarætt instead of Tórshavn since 1991 . On this route, it has now been replaced by the Teistin ferry built in 2001 .
At the beginning of the 21st century, Strandfaraskip Landsins sold the Tróndur to private individuals. The ship was now owned by the Faroe Group Ltd. Sp / f and served as a rescue ship for the Faroese Coast Guard . After being stranded after a storm in 2011, it was demolished in Frederikshavn in 2012 .
