Jahre Line

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards of the Norwegian ferry company Jahre Line, which in 1991 became known as Color Line. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official postcards of the fleet in chronological order.

 

This page is still under construction!

 

 

Links to the Ships on This Page:-

Kronprins Harald (1) - 1961-75

Princesse Ragnhild (1) - 1966-80

Kronprins Harald (2) - 1976-87

Princesse Ragnhild (2) - 1981-91

Kronprins Harald (3) - 1987-91

 

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Table of Ship Histories

Name	Other names	Built
Kronprins Harald (2)	Hamburg, Admiral of Scandinavia	1976
Princesse Ragnhild		1981

 

 

 

 

 

Jahre Line Fleet List

 

 

 

Kronprins Harald (1) (1961-74)

 

Kronprins Harald (1) was built in 1961 by Kieler Howaldtswerke for Jahre Line for their Oslo-Kiel service. In 1974 she was replaced by Kronprins Harald (2), and sold to Vietnam Ocean Shipping Co and renamed Ha Long. In 1979 she became the Thong Hat. In 1991 she moved to the Mediterranean as the Panagia of Afroessa Line. In 1997 she was renamed Medousa.

 

Official Jahre Line art card of Kronprins Harald (1).

 

Postcard of Kronprins Harald (1) at Kiel.

 

 

 

 

 

Princesse Ragnhild (1) (1966-80)

 

Prinsesse Ragnhild (1) was built in 1966 by Kieler Howaldtswerke for Jahre Line for their Oslo-Kiel service. In 1980 she was laid up, and sold the following year, eventually entering service as the Jin Jang for Xiamen Shipping between Xiamen-Hong Kong. In 1983 she was renamed Ji Mei.

 

 

 

 

 

Kronprins Harald (2) (1976-87)

 

Kronprins Harald (2) was built in 1976 by Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, for the Jahre Line Kiel-Oslo service, replacing Kronprins Harald (1). In 1987 she was sold to DFDS, having been replaced by Kronprins Harald (3). She was renamed Hamburg, and entered service on the Harwich-Hamburg route. In 1997 she was renamed Admiral of Scandinavia and changed service to Ijmuiden-Newcastle-Hamburg. She continued on services out of Newcastle until 2002 when she transferred to the Harwich-Cuxhaven route until November 2002. In 2003 she entered service between Puerto Rico-Santo Domingo as the Caribbean Express.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Princesse Ragnhild (2) (1981-91)

 

Prinsesse Ragnhild (2) was built in Kiel for the Oslo-Kiel service of Norwegian company Jahre Line. She was completed in 1981 at 15000grt in size, 896 berths. She later had additional cabins added to the top deck, increasing to 16000grt and 1006 berths. The company was relaunched as Color Line, with a new livery, in 1991. In 1992 she was radically rebuilt with a new centre section and extra decks, becoming 38500grt with 1876 berths, and was barely recognisable as the earlier ship.

 

On 7th July 1999 she suffered an engine room fire on passage Kiel-Oslo. All passengers were successfully evacuated, although one died later from a heart attack. The crew remained on board, and the fire was extinguished. A complete postcard history of this ship is available on this link.

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in original colour scheme. (Mielck 7544)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in original colour scheme. (Husmo-foto 302/179)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in original colour scheme. (Husmo-foto 302/196)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in original colour scheme. (Mielck 7592)

 

Mielck card 7834 of Prinsesse Ragnhild, at Kiel.

 

Mielck card 7545 of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in the Kiel Fjord, passing the Mariner's Monument at Laboe.

 

Mielck card 7797 of Prinsesse Ragnhild, at Kiel.

 

An official Jahre Line painting of Prinsesse Ragnhild & Kronprins Harald, showing the new colour scheme applied when the later ship was delivered in 1987. (Mielck 7870)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in newer colour scheme. (Mielck 7892)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in newer colour scheme. (Mielck 7909)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in newer colour scheme. (Mielck 7933)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild & Kronprins Harald, in newer colour scheme. (Mielck 7935)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild, in newer colour scheme. (Mielck 7968)

 

 

 

 

 

Kronprins Harald (1987-91)

 

Kronprins Harald was built in 1987 by Wärtsilä Marine Yard, Åbo, Finland, for Jahre Line. She entered service on their Oslo-Kiel route, and has remained on this service ever since. In 1990, her registered owners became Color Line A/S (Norway). In 1997, Kronprins Harald was chartered to attend the start of the Whitbread "Round The World" yachting race at Southampton.

Kronprins Harald details:-

Dimensions: 166.3 x 28.4 x 6.5 m

Tonnage: 31122 Grt/ 17126 Nrt/ 5250 Dwt

Machinery: 2 x 12-cyl, Sulzer-Wärtsilä 12 ZAV 40, and 2 x 6-cyl, Sulzer-Wärtsilä 6 ZAL 40, diesels

Power: 19,800 kW.

Speed: 22.0 knots

Passengers: 1440

Cars: 700

Freight Lanemetres: 1220 m

 

 

 

An official builders photograph of Kronprins Harald.

 

An official Jahre Line painting of Prinsesse Ragnhild & Kronprins Harald, showing the new colour scheme applied when the later ship was delivered in 1987. (Mielck 7870)

 

An official Jahre Line card of Prinsesse Ragnhild & Kronprins Harald, in newer colour scheme. (Mielck 7935)

 

 

 

 

 

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