MS ''Nordlys'' is a
Norwegian
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-registered
cruise ship
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operated by
Hurtigruten
''Hurtigruten'' (), formally Kystruten Bergen-Kirkenes ("coastal route Bergen- Kirkenes"), is a Norwegian public coastal route transporting passengers that travel locally, regionally and between the ports of call, and also cargo between ports no ...
. She was built by
Volkswerft GmbH in
Stralsund
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,
Germany
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in 1994. She has two sister ships, and which also sail for Hurtigruten. The ship caught fire in September 2011 while sailing off
Ålesund
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, Norway.
Description
The ''Nordlys'' is
long overall
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and
at the waterline. The beam and depth of her hull are and , respectively, but the maximum breadth at the
bridge wing
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The bridg ...
s is . The draught of the ship is . The
gross tonnage
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of the ''Nordlys'' is 11,204,
net tonnage 4,153 and
deadweight tonnage
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850 tonnes.
The ship has capacity for 691 passengers in 482 berths and her cargo deck can accommodate 50 cars.
She is served by a crew of 55.
The ''Nordlys'' has two
six-cylinder
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MaK
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6M552C medium-speed
diesel engine
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s, each producing and giving her a service speed of ,
coupled to
KaMeWa
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controllable-pitch propellers through
Lohmann & Stolterfoht reduction gear
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Gear teeth are designed to ensure the pitch circles of engaging gears roll on each other without slipping, providing a smooth transmission ...
s. On board the electricity is produced by two
BMV KRG-8 auxiliary diesel generators and two shaft generators coupled to the reduction gearboxes. For maneuvering at ports the ship has two
Brunvoll bow thruster
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s.
History
''Nordlys'' was built by
Volkswerft GmbH,
Stralsund
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, Germany. She was yard number 102.
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''Nordlys'' was launched on 13 August 1993. She is allocated ]IMO number
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9048914 and her port of registry is Tromsø
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Tromsø lies ...
. She was delivered to Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap
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AS on 16 March 1994. She sailed to Copenhagen
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, Denmark for viewing and then on to Hamburg
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, Germany. On 22 March, she was christened in Oslo
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, Norway before sailing to Stavanger
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and across the North Sea
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to Newcastle upon Tyne
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and London
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, United Kingdom. She entered service with Hurtigruten
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on the Bergen
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– Kirkenes
Kirkenes (; ; Skolt Sami: ''Ǩeârkknjargg;'' fi, Kirkkoniemi; ; russian: Киркенес) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town ...
route on 4 April 1994.[
In November 2008, MS ''Nordlys'' was taken out of service and laid up at ]Åndalsnes
is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is in the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. It is located along the Isfjorden, at the mouth of the river Rauma, at the north end of the Romsdalen valley. ...
. She returned to commercial service in 2009.[
]
2011 fire
On 15 September 2011 a fire in the engine room killed two people. Twelve people were injured, two of them sustaining serious injuries. ''Nordlys'' was off Ålesund
Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...
, Norway at the time of the accident. All 207 passengers were taken off the ship, which was listing heavily to the port side. But some of the 55 crew remained on board to assist with fire-fighting operations.
References
External links
Hurtigruten ASA Official homepage - MS ''Nordlys''
Mike Bent's Hurtigruten-pages - MS ''Nordlys''
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1993 ships
Passenger ships of Norway
Ships built in Germany
Merchant ships of Norway
Hurtigruten
Maritime incidents in 2011
Ship fires
September 2011 events in Europe