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Hurtigruten
 
Norwegian Coastal Express
Page 4: Motorships 1956-1964
 
 
This is one of a series devoted to postcarand photographs of the Norwegian Coastal Express (Hurtigruten). This page covers the third generation of post-war motorships built in the 1950s and 1960s, the last of which, Lofoten, remains in service as a reserve ship in 2005.
 
My thanks to Arild Steinsland for his assistence with this page.
 
 
New Hurtigruten Ships 1956-1964:-
Finnmarken (2) - VDS/OVD: 1956-1994
Ragnvald Jarl (2) - NFDS/TFDS: 1956-1995
Harald Jarl - NFDS/TFDS: 1960-2001
Lofoten (2) - VDS/FFR/OVDS: 1964-2002
Kong Olav - DSD/VDS/OVDS: 1964-1997
Nordnorge (2) - ODS/OVDS: 1964-1996
 
Hurtigruten Pages:-
Hurtigruten - Header Page
Hurtigruten - Page 1 - Steamships 1893-1962
Hurtigruten - Page 2 - Motorships 1942-1950
Hurtigruten - Page 3 - Motorships 1951-1956
Hurtigruten - Page 4 - Motorships 1956-1964 - this page!
Hurtigruten - Page 5 - Motorships 1982-1983
Hurtigruten - Page 6 - New Generation Ships 1993-
Hurtigruten - 2005 Fleet
 
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Hurtigruten
Motorships 1956-1964
 
 
 
65: Finnmarken (2)
VDS/OVD: 1956-1994
 
VDS postcard of Finnmarken
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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OVDS postcard of Finnmarken
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66: Ragnvald Jarl (2)
NFDS/TFDS: 1956-1995
 
NFDS postcard of Ragnvald Jarl
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NFDS postcard of Ragnvald Jarl
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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TFDS postcard of Ragnvald Jarl
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Photograph of Ragnvald Jarl in April 1986
Photo: © Rachel & Don Warner
 
 
Photograph of Ragnvald Jarl as Gann
Ragnvald Jarl was sold to Rogaland Sjøaspirantskole (seamens school for youngsters) who name
all their vessels Gann. She was succeeded with them by the Narvik of 1982, also renamed Gann.
Photo: © www.gann.no
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67: Harald Jarl
NFDS/TFDS: 1960-2001
 
Andrea was built at Trondheim in 1960 as the Harald Jarl for TFDS service on the Norwegian Coastal Express (Hurtigruten). She operated on this service until 2002 when she was sold to Elegant Cruises and refitted as a luxury expedition cruise vessel Andrea.
 
NFDS postcard of Harald Jarl.
Scan: Arild Steinsland
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TFDS postcard of Harald Jarl.
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68: Lofoten (2)
VDS/FFR/OVDS: 1964-2002
 
Lofoten is owned by OVDS and is their extra ship. She runs on the service from November to March. Lofoten was built in 1964 and was originally owned by VDS (Vesterålen Dampskipsselskap) and secondly by FFR (Finnmark Fylkes Rederi). In 2007 she was the only ship in the1956-64 series to pass to the combined Hurtigruten company
 
 
VDS postcard of Lofoten
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FFR postcard of Lofoten
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OVDS To-Foto postcard 96-1997 of Lofoten
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Company postcard of Lofoten in new Hurtigruten colours
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69: Kong Olav
DSD/VDS/OVDS: 1964-1997
 
DSD postcard of Kong Olav
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VDS postcard of Kong Olav
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OVDS postcard of Kong Olav
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70: Nordnorge (2)
ODS/OVDS: 1964-1996
 
Nordnorge (2) was withdrawn in 1996 and became the Island Explorer cruising in the Maldives after a breif period as World Link. After further use as a diving shiop, she was broken up in Alang, India from November 2006
 
 
ODS postcard of Nordnorge (2)
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ODS postcard of Nordnorge (2)
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