MS Vesterålen leaving Molde. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MS Vesterålen |
| Operator: | Hurtigruten |
| Port of registry: | Narvik, |
| Builder: | Harstad, Norway |
| Cost: | 158,000,000 Norwegian Kroner |
| Yard number: | 101 |
| Launched: | 16 February 1983[1] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8019368[2] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 6261 GT |
| Length: | 108 m (354 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 26.5 m (86 ft 11 in) |
| Speed: | 15 knots (27.78 km/h; 17.26 mph) |
| Capacity: | 510 passengers 306 berths 35 cars [3] |
MS Vesterålen is a passenger vessel operated by the Norwegian-based Hurtigruten. The vessel was constructed in Harstad, Norway in 1983. She was refitted in Bremen, Germany in 1989 to increase passenger capacity, and then later in 1995. As of 2010, the ship operates cruises primarily along the coast of Norway.[1][3]