MS Norröna
Norröna in 2013
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| History | |
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| Name: | Norröna |
| Owner: | Smyril Line |
| Operator: | Smyril Line |
| Port of registry: |
Tórshavn,  Faroe Islands
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| Builder: | Lübeck, Germany |
| Launched: | 2003 |
| Completed: | 2003 |
| Acquired: | 2003 |
| In service: | 2003 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 164 meters |
| Capacity: | 1500 passengers and 800 cars |
| Crew: | 120 |
Norröna is the Faroes' largest ferry. It sails between Hirtshals, Denmark to Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands and Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.
Today there are only two options for travel to or from the Faroe Islands as an ordinary passenger: One way is to fly from Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, Norway or The United Kingdom to the Faroe Islands with the Faroese airline Atlantic Airways, and the other way is to sail with the ferry Norröna from the Faroese ferry company Smyril Line, whose home port is Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands. The trip from Denmark to the Faroe Islands directly takes approximately 36 hours and from Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands to Seyðisfjörður on Iceland takes approximately 18 hours. Meanwhile, Norröna is the only way to take your own car with you to the Faroe Islands and Iceland from Denmark or from the Faroe Islands and Iceland and reverse.
The old Norröna was built in 1973 at Nobiskrug in Rendsburg in Germany as Gustav Wasa. From 1984 she was called the Norröna and sailed for the owner Smyril Line between Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway, and in some years Shetland also. The successor is the new Norröna (from 2003). But the old ship is still sailing under the flag of the Faroe Islands, as a missionary ship under the name Logos Hope.
The new Norröna is a modern cruiseferry. It was built in Lübeck, Germany, and had its maiden voyage in April 2003. Norröna has a total LOA (length over all) of 165 m, and a width of 30 m (34,23 with lifeboats). She has a total of 318 passenger cabins and 72 crew cabins, which accommodates the space of approximately 1500 passengers and 118 crew members. She has a total of 1830 m of trailer lane, with place for 800 cars. Her cruising speed is approximately 21 knots.
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