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Built as a passenger ro-ro ferry under yard no 910 by Hall Russell & Co, Aberdeen, Scotland, for David MacBrayne, Glasgow, Scotland.
20 Nov. 1963 launched under the name HEBRIDES.
Tonnage 1.420 gross, 709 net, 233 dwt., dim. 71.63 x 14.10 x 2.74/3.47m.
Powered by 8 cyl. Crossley Bros engines, 2.446 bhp., speed 13.25 knots.
Passenger accommodation for 450, of which 87 did have berths.
Could carry 50 cars.
April 1964 delivered to owners.
08 April 1964 used in the ferry service between Uig (Skye)-Lochmaddy (North Uist)-Tarbert(Harris), Hebrides Islands, Scotland.
01 Jan. 1974 registered for Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland.
14 Nov. 1985 her last day in this service.
1985 Sold to John Graham & Maureen Marie Thompson, renamed DEVONIUM, registered owner Aubreyville Ltd. U.K, managed by Torbay Seaways & Stevedores Ltd., Torquay,
24 May 1986 in the service from Torquay to the English Channel Islands.
Nov 1990 until 20 Feb. 1991 laid up at Ipswich.
24 May 1993 sold to Falcon Marine Inc., Monrovia, Liberia, and registered at Kingstown, St Vincent, renamed ILLYRIA. Used in the service from Brindisi to Valona, Albania.
June 1994 used by the Illyria lines in the service from Bari to Durres, Albania, or from Brindisi to Durres.
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Built as a ro-ro ferry under yard no 38 by Thorgier & Ellert h/f, Akranes, Iceland for the Government of the Republic of Iceland Hafrannsoknastofn.
Launched as the BALDUR.
Tonnage 645 grt, 243 net, 135 dwt., dim. 39.4 x 9.2 x 6.6m., length bpp. 34.56.
Powered by two 8-cyl Caterpillar diesels 1.430 hp., twin controllable pitch propellers, speed 12 knots.
Fuel capacity 72 m³.
Accommodation for 195 passengers and 19 cars.
Ice-strengthened.
April 1990 delivered to owners. Managed by Floabaturinn Baldur h/f, Stykkishólmur, Iceland.
After delivery used in the service between Stykkishólmur to Brjánslækur, Iceland.
During the 200? used by Seatours Ltd., Stykkishólmur.
March 2006 sold to Rosita Ab, Åbo, Finland, renamed in EIVOR.
11 April 2006 arrived at Åbo.
23 May 2006 in the service between Pärnäs-Berghamn-Nötö-Aspö-Jurmo-Utö.
2009 In service same name and owners IMO No 8712582.
Iceland 2003 60kr sg?, scott?
Source: Veristar-Bureau Veritas.
http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/baldur_1990.htm
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Built under yard No 228 as a ro-ro cargo vessel Skaaluren Skipsvearft, Rosendal, Norway for Hardanger Sunnhordlanske D/S Bergen.
01 June 1977 keel laid down.
Launched as BREMNES.
Tonnage 296 grt., 110 net, 386 dwt., dim. 40.17 x 9.31 x 3.8m., length bpp. 35.2m., draught 3.74m.
Powered by a MWM engine 805 bhp., speed 11 knots.
One hold, two decks.
Ice class C
One 5 ton crane for loading and discharging.
01 March 1987 completed.
After completing used for various cargo routes between Bergen and Hardangerfjord in Norway.
1990 Sold to Government of The Republic of Iceland (Icelandic Directorate of Roads), Hrisey, Iceland.
Renamed SÆFARI.
She was rebuilt and is now given as a pallet carrier, with a tonnage of 367 grt.
Placed in the service between Årskógsandur on the mainland to Hrisey, the crossing takes about 15 minutes, and she could take foot passengers.
01 July 1999 sold to Vegagerdin (Icelandic Government), managed by Flutningamidlun Nordurlands (Samskip), Iceland.
August 2008 Sold to Marin Mätteknik, Gothenborg, Sweden.
13 February 2009 renamed in ICEBEAM.
In use as a ROV and survey vessel. She is fully equiped for seabed mapping in water depth between 5 - 500 meter.
Crew 4 and up to 8 surveyors.
2009 As given by
http://www.equasis.org