MS Norbank
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MS Norbank
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History | |
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Name | Norbank |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | Rotterdam Netherlands |
Route | Liverpool - Dublin |
Builder | Van der Giessen de Noord |
Yard number | 961 |
Launched | 5 June 1993 |
Maiden voyage | 31 October 1993 |
Identification | |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 17,464 GT |
Length | 166.77 metres (547.1 ft) |
Beam | 23.4 metres (77 ft) |
Draft | 5.8 metres (19 ft) |
Installed power | 4x Sulzer |
Speed | 22 knots (25 mph) |
Capacity | 114 berths |
MS Norbank is a ro-ro freight vessel that is owned and operated by the British ferry company P&O. She was built by Van Der Giessen-de Noord N.V., Netherlands in 1993.[2]
Ship's History
The ship was launched as MS Norbank in 1993 and was delivered by October 1993 to Nordzee Verdi Stone BV in The Netherlands and started operating between Hull and Rotterdam for North Sea Ferries. She was chartered to P&O Group in January 1997 and remained on the Rotterdam route where she then transferred to the Felixstowe to Rotterdam route, before going to the Irish Sea to start operating for P&O Irish Sea between Liverpool and Dublin. After P&O Irish Sea was renamed she transferred to P&O Ferries and remained on the Irish Sea where she still remains.
Sister ships
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norbank (ship, 1993).
- ^ "Norbank". Shipspotting. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "M/F Norbank". The ferry site. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
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