MS Nordkapp
MS Nordkapp leaving Molde, Norway. | |
| History | |
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| Name | Nordkapp |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Hurtigruten |
| Port of registry | Narvik, Norway |
| Builder | Kværner Kleven, Ulsteinvik, Norway |
| Yard number | 265 |
| Launched | 18 August 1995 |
| Christened |
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| Acquired | 23 March 1996 |
| In service | 2 April 1996 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9107772 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Polarlys-class cruiseferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 123.30 m (404.53 ft) |
| Beam | 19.50 m (63.98 ft) |
| Height | 29.87 m (97 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 4.90 m (16.08 ft) |
| Installed power |
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| Speed | 15 knots |
| Capacity |
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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 Norwegian coast from Bergen to Kirkenes.
MS Nordkapp (North Cape) is named after the North Cape on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway.