MS Bergensfjord (1955)
Bergensfjord in the Port of Amsterdam | |
| History | |
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| Port of registry | Oslo |
| Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard number | 1849 |
| Launched | 18 July 1955 |
| Completed | May 1956 |
| In service | 1956 |
| Fate | Burned and sunk, 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 18.739 GRT |
| Length | 176.26 m (578 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 22 m (72 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCDA, 8cyl (720 x 1100mm) |
| Speed | 23,5 Knots (44 km/h) |
| Capacity | 878 passengers, 126 First Class, 752 Tourist Class |
MS Bergensfjord was an ocean liner built in 1955 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, for Norwegian America Line. She was of 18,739 gross register tons, and could carry 878 passengers. She would had a uneventful career with her original owners until she was sold to the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique in 1971, then to the horeson & Company and Bruusgaard Kiosterud & Co, before she was sold to the Aphrodite Maritime Co. She was sunk in 1980 after a fire broke out on board.