Hurtigfærgen M/S KONG OLAV ved Stoksund i Åfjord kommune i Nordnorge.
Kommentar fra Henk de Winde, 4.11.2026:
In service: 24-04-1964 – 01-06-1997
Owner: Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab – Stavanger; on 11-04-1978 sold for 1.5 million NOK to Vesteraalens D/S – Stokmarknes; in August 1987 to Ofotens og Vesteraalens D/S A/S – Narvik
Built: Launched 15-11-1963; christened and delivered 24-04-1964
Shipyard: A/S Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder – Solheimsviken (Bergen)
Yard number: 433
Dimensions: 87.43 x 79.56 x 13.29 x 7.37 x 4.62 m
Tonnage: 2,604 GRT
Call sign: L.J.R.W.
Lloyd’s/IMO: 6401206
Machinery: Two-stroke 7-cylinder Burmeister & Wain/Akers type 7-42VT.2BF-90, 420x900, coupled to a controllable-pitch propeller; 3 generators, 180 kW/380 V/50 Hz; Liaaen bow thruster (400 hp)
Power: 3,325 ihp; 2,446 kW
Speed: 17.5 knots
Passengers: 708; 219 berths After 1986, 232 berths
Acquired: New build for 16.5 million NOK
Disposed of: On 01-06-1997 (another source states 02-07-1997) as KONG OLAV to Andaman Club Co. Ltd. – San Lorenzo
Particulars: Christened by King Olav.
First departure on the route on 11-05-1964.
Occasionally visited Svalbard (Spitsbergen) between 1968 and 1982.
Main engine overhauled in 1981.
Modernized in 1986 for 3,750,000 NOK.
Ran aground near Rørvik on 20-04-1987.
Ran aground near Florø on 31-07-1994.
Transferred to Bangkok registry in 1999.
Removed from Lloyd’s Register on 26-01-2012.
Listed as scrapped on 01-01-2016.
Den svenske færge M/S HAMLET af Malmø under indsejling til Dragør, den 30. maj 1991
Besejlede ruten Limhamn - Dragør i perioden 1. juli 1969 - maj 2003. Forinden havde den været indsat på ruten Malmø - København.
Kapacitet:
800 passagerer, 85 personbiler
Standby offshore M/S ESVAGT CAPRI af Esberg fotograferet i hjemhavnen den 23. oktober 2026 af SEA HEALTH & WELFAREs bibliotekar og konsulent Irene Olsen, der var på besøg ombord.