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MS Nordkapp outside Bergen
History
Name	MS Nordkapp
Owner	list error: <br /> list (help) 1996—2006: Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab 2006—present: Hurtigruten Group
Operator	Hurtigruten
Port of registry	Narvik,  Norway
Builder	Kvaerner Kleven, Norway
Yard number	265
Launched	18 August 1995
Christened	list error: <br /> list (help) 23 March 1996 by Queen Sonja of Norway
Acquired	23 March 1996
In service	2 April 1996
Identification	IMO number: 9107772
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Polarlys-class cruiseferry
Tonnage	list error: <br /> list (help) 11,386 GT 1,104 DWT
Length	123.30 m (404.53 ft)
Beam	19.50 m (63.98 ft)
Draught	4.90 m (16.08 ft)
Installed power	list error: <br /> list (help) 2 x MAK 6M552C diesel engines combined 9,000 kW
Speed	18
Capacity	list error: <br /> list (help) 691 passengers (in coastal service) 460 passengers (in cruise service) 460 passenger beds

The MS Nordkapp is a Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Express) ship built in 1996 by Kleven Verft AS, Norway, for Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab for use in Hurtigruten ferry service along the coast of Norway. She is a sister ship of MS Polarlys and MS Nordnorge. Nordkapp is one of 11 ships that travel the Western Norwegian coast from Bergen to Kirkenes.

MS Nordkapp (North Cape) is named after the famous North Cape on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway.

The Ship

The ship has a speed of 15 knots, is 123.3 meters (404.5 feet), and weights about 11,386 gross tons.

The ship has seven decks:

• Decks 2,3,5,6 are passenger cabins.
• Deck 4 contains the restaurant, a lounge, a small library, a small internet café, two conference rooms, and a café open 24-hours.
• Deck 7 features a bar/lounge and a panorama lounge.
• Deck 1 is crew quarters and is off limits to passenger guests.deckplans

Passengers can access outside decks for lounging or viewing the scenery. These can be found on:

• Deck three which has an outside area in the stern,
• all sides of deck 5,
• the stern of deck 6, and
• from the sundeck and panorama lounge in the bow and stern of deck 7.

There are 481 Beds and has a passenger capacity of 691 persons. There are a combination of interior and exterior cabins of varying sizes and passenger capacities. There are also a small selection of suites available. Each standard cabin (non-suite) is equipped with either two or three single beds (not movable) and a private washroom with shower, sink, and toilet. Suite cabins have a small lounge area with a table, sofa, and chair. They also feature a double or queen-sized bed, a TV, a desk, and a minibar.

The boat can also take 45 cars on its car deck.

History of Nordkapp

The Ofotens and Vesteraalens steamship company commissioned a new ship which was to be built at the Kvaemer Kleven shipyard in Ålesund.

It was christened by Queen Sonja on 23 March 1996 by Queen Sonja of Norway in a double ceremony with MS Polarlys, which was built at a neighbouring shipyard.

In February 18 1997, MS Nordkapp travelled to Trondheim to work as a hotel ship during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997

In 2005 MS Nordkapp was taken out the coastal route and put into service in the Baltic Sea and then a tour of Antarctic from Chile to Antarctica. In 2005 and 2006 it would run the Western coast of Norway During Spring, Summer, and Fall before returning to do the Chile/Antarctica route. In May of 2007 MS Nordkapp returned full time to Norway's coastal route.

In January 2007, the vessel ran aground off Deception Island, part of the South Shetland Islands, without reported injuries.

On 29 November 2001 at 7:40pm the ship suffered a total engine failure on both main engines outside of Henningsvær in Lofoten. The ship dropped both anchors to avoid running aground while the evacuation was prepared, but after 2 hours the engineers managed to start the engine and the ship returned to Bodø, Norway.

References

1. ^ Micke Asklander. "MS Nordkapp (1996)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-02-07.
2. Cite error: The named reference floor plan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
3. "Deckplans" (PDF). cruise Norway. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
4. Cite error: The named reference reference was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
5. "Hurtigruten info".
6. "Cruise Ship Runs Aground". Cruise Bruise. 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-07.

External links

• Hurtigruten official website for MS Nordkapp

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