M/S ''RG I'' ( IMO 8306577) was a passenger/cargo ship which was last owned by the Finnish shipping company RG Line. The ship was a ro-ro ship. The ship was built in 1983 at the VEB Mathias These Werft shipyard in

Wismar Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. The ship had a dead weight of 6704 tonnes.M/S KAHLBERG
Fakta om Fartyg. Accessed on 6 July 2013. ''RG I'' was last registered in Finland and its homeport was in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

. The ship travelled across the Kvarken between Vaasa, Finland and

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

up to 2012. The travel time was four hoursRG Line - Lyhin meritie Ruotsiin
Visit Sweden - Sweden's official travel site. Accessed on 2 February 2008. and the ship used Finnish time. The ship carried 300 passengers. MS ''RG I'' was sold to the

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company Fornaes Shipbreaking in 2013. Sister ships of MS ''RG I'' are MS ''Caribbean Carrier'', MS ''Ile de Ire'', MS ''Fast Independence'' and MS ''Lodbrog''.

Usage history

1983-2003

The ship was launched on 23 November 1982 and it was transferred to VEB Deutfracht/Seereederei GmbH on 31 October 1983, who registered it under the flag of

. Its homeport was in

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

. The ship was named ''Kahleberg'' at the time. On 18 June 1990 the ship was registered under Deutsche Seereederei GmbH under the flag of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. In August 1991 ''Kahleberg'' went to the Warnowwerft shipyard in Rostock, where the number of her cabins increased from 12 to 50. On 2 January 1992 the ship was moved to TT-Line GmbH's traffic between

Trelleborg Trelleborg () is a town in Skåne County, Sweden, with 43,359 inhabitants as of December 31, 2015. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some west from the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian peninsula. It is one of the mo ...

and Rostock, Germany. On 1 January 1994 ''Kahleberg'' was registered under Euroseabridge Schiffahrtsgesellschaft. In February 1997 the ship moved under the flag of

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

. Its homeport was in the nation's capital in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...

. After the change of flag the ship moved to traffic between Rostock and Liepāja,

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. On 13 May 1997 the ship moved to Euroseabridge's traffic between

Travemünde Travemünde () is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of the river Trave in Bay of Lübeck, Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, an ...

, Germany and Liepāja, Latvia. In April 1999 the ship returned to traffic between Rostock and Liepāja. In February 2000 ''Kahleberg'' was moved to Amber Line's traffic between Liepāja and Karlshamn, Sweden. On 29 March 2003 the ship's loading company changed when the

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

company Polferries started using it to traffic between

Świnoujście Świnoujście (; german: Swinemünde ; nds, Swienemünn; all three meaning "Świna ivermouth"; csb, Swina) is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. Situated mainly on the islands o ...

, Poland and Ystad, Sweden.

2004-2013

On 23 November 2004 the Finnish shipping company RG Line bought the ship. On 29 December ''Kahleberg'' moved to Vaasa for repairs after discontinuing Polferries traffic a few days ago. On 18 January 2005 the ship was registered under the flag of Finland. Its new homeport was in Vaasa. After this the ship started traffic between Vaasa and Umeå. On 23 April the ship was rented for one voyage between Vaasa and

Sundsvall Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. History Th ...

, Sweden. From 30 June to 6 August ''Kahleberg'' made one voyage per week between Vaasa and Sundsvall. On 1 July 2005 the ship was renamed MS ''RG I''. In November the ship had technical problems for two times. The ship had technical problems again on 18 July 2006, which caused her departure from Vaasa to be cancelled. There were five cases of technical problems in December, causing the departures to be either postponed or cancelled. The ship had technical problems again on 6 February 2007, causing her to be late for several hours. The ship was in traffic for the last time on 30 December 2012, after which she remained in Vaasa awaiting transfer. In February 2013 the ship was towed to Grenå,

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

, and was scrapped in May.Laivaharrastajat: RG 1 -laivan purkaminen alkoi Tanskassa
Ilkka.fi. Accessed on 2 October 2013.

References

External links

at Fakta om Fartyg
MS ''RG I''
at The ferry site
RG Line
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