In original livery moored in Finnsnes

On route: 19-12-1993 -
Owner: Ofotens og Vesteraalens D/S A/S - Narvik; in October 2002 Norsk K/S - Narvik; on 12/16/2002 Havila A/S - Narvik; in January 2003 Ofotens og Vestraalens D/S ASA - Narvik; on 01-01-2006 Hurtigruten Group ASA - Narvik; on 07-11-2013 Tromso; on 10-01-2020 Xiang CR13 HK International (Hurtigruten Cruise A/S) - Tromso
Built: Ordered May 1991; keel laid 30-03-1992; to water 14-02-1993; baptized 11-19-1993; delivered 11-22-1993
Shipyard: Volkswerft GmbH - Stralsund
Construction number: 303
Dimensions: 121.80 x 103.80 x 19.20 x 10.30 x 4.70 m
Tonnage: 11,205 GRT
Call signal: L.G.W.H.
Lloyds/IMO: 9040429
Machines: 2x four-stroke 6 cylinder Maschinenbau Kiel/Krupp type 6M.552C, 450x520 each coupled to an adjustable propeller Kamewa type 94XF3/4 with Becker rudders; 2 generators 2,300 kW/660 V/50 Hz; 2x four-stroke 8 cylinder Ulstein/Bergens type KRG-8 each coupled to a generator 1,200 kW/660 V/50 Hz; 2 electric Brunvoll bow thrusters and 1 transverse thruster aft type FU63LTC with adjustable propeller; after 2022, 2x 8 cylinder gas-fired Bergens type B33:45L6, each coupled to a generator by Lufking coupling type VSQ900-K-PTI coupled to the propellers and equipped with a scrubber; rear retractable Azimuth propeller as transverse propeller type TCNS73.C
Power: 12,241 apk; 9,004 kW
Speed: 18 knots
Passengers: 691; 490 beds
Purchased: New construction for 320,000,000 NoK
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Details: Baptized by Åshild Haugan.
First voyage in the Hurtigrute on 12/21/1993.
Crew rescued from burning fishing vessel VENGSØYVÆRINGEN north of Sorøya (Finnmark) on 18-02-2002.
After sale in 2002 immediately back in charter.
Remodeled in February 2005.
Adjourned on 06-01-2009 while cruising on a breakwater in the harbor of Trondheim. Brought out the same day.
Completely renovated internally in 2018 in Rissa.
Engine room renewed in 2022 at Myklebust Verft A/S - Gursken.
Ran aground in Steinsundet during trial run on 05-08-2022. Back to the yard with head damage. Another test run on 22-09-2022.