 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: No longer in operation for Hurtigruten, new owner, now a training ship, see German article de:Lofoten (Schiff) which is up to date. (February 2023) |
 MS Lofoten
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| History | |
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| Name | MS Lofoten |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Maritim videregående skole Sørlandet, Kristiansand |
| Port of registry |
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| Route | Norway[1] |
| Builder | Oslo |
| Cost | 17,000,000 kroner |
| Yard number | 547 |
| Launched | 27 February 1963 |
| Acquired | 27 February 1964[2] |
| Maiden voyage | 27 February 1964 |
| In service | 1964 |
| Out of service | 2021 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5424562[3] |
| Status | Training ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,621 GT |
| Length | 87.4 m (286 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 22 ft (6.7 m)[2] |
| Decks | 4 passenger |
| Installed power | 3 325 |
| Propulsion | 7-cylinder two-stroke Burmeister & Wain DM742 VT2 BF90 diesel engine |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.41 km/h; 20.14 mph) |
| Capacity |
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MS Lofoten (call sign LIXN) is a Norwegian passenger and cargo vessel formerly owned and operated by Hurtigruten AS. The ship was built in 1964. After MS Nordstjernen was retired from coastal service in 2012, MS Lofoten became the oldest ship in the current fleet still in operation. It operates cruises around the coast of Norway and sometimes in the Svalbard archipelago. The vessel was declared worthy of preservation in 2001 by the Norwegian Director General of Historic Monuments to preserve Norway's cultural heritage. She has been refitted several times—in 1980, 1985, 1995 and most recently in 2004.[2][4][5]
- ^ MS Lofoten (2010/11 Deck Plans) Hurtigruten Retrieved 02-09-2009
- ^ a b c Lofoten
- ^ Vessel details MS Lofoten digital-seas.com Retrieved 28 March 2010
- ^ a b MS Lofoten Hurtigruten Retrieved 28 March 2010
- ^ MS Lofoten - Cabin Grades norwegiancoastalcruises.com