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Norwegian Coastal Express - The 2005 Fleet

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards of the Norwegian Coastal Express (Hurtigruten) fleet of 2005.

 

The newly started Vesteraalens Dampskipsselskap (VDS) in Stokmarknes took the challenge to start the coastal express. Captain Richard With and his crew had for a longer time measured speed and time for the route and they believed it possible to start a coastal express route. On the 18th of May 1893, VDS signed an agreement with the Norwegian government for a support for one weekly sailing between Trondheim and Tromsø in the wintertime and Trondheim and Hammerfest in the summer. On the 2nd of July 1893, Vesteraalen left Trondheim for Hammerfest on the first voyage. Later the route was expanded to sail from Bergen to Kirkenes.

 

Today the two hurtigrute-companies have 13 vessels. The companies are OVDS (Ofoten & Vesterålens Dampskipsselskap) and TFDS (Troms fylkes dampskipsselskap). Both OVDS and TFDS run 7 ships each. The ordinary service requires 11 ships running in the service and each company has one older extra ship (Nordstjernen and Lofoten). Every port from Bergen to Kirkenes has two visits every day, in the north direction and in the south direction.

 

In 2006 the OVDS and TFDS fleets combined under the Hurtigruten banner, and received a new livery. Ships in this livery are shown on: Hurtigruten - 2007 Fleet

 

My thanks to Arild Steinsland for his assistance with this page.

OVDS Ships on this Page:-

Finnmarken (2002)

Lofoten (1964)

Narvik (1982-2006)

Nordkapp (1996)

Nordnorge (1997)

Richard With (1993)

Vesterålen (1983)

 

TFDS Ships on this Page:-

Kong Harald (1993)

Lyngen (2) (1982-2007)

Nordlys (1994)

Midnatsol (2003)

Nordstjernen (1956)

Polarlys (1996)

Trollfjord (2002)

 

Hurtigruten Pages:-

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Hurtigruten - Page 1 - Steamships 1893-1962

Hurtigruten - Page 2 - Motorships 1942-1950

Hurtigruten - Page 3 - Motorships 1951-1956

Hurtigruten - Page 4 - Motorships 1956-1964

Hurtigruten - Page 5 - Motorships 1982-1983

Hurtigruten - Page 6 - New Generation Ships 1993-

Hurtigruten - 2005 Fleet - this page!

Hurtigruten - 2007 Fleet

 

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Nordstjernen (1956)

TFDS

 

Nordstjernen (North Star) is the TFDS extra ship. She operates cruises to Svalbard (Spitzbergen) in the summer season and in the coastal express some time in the winter. She was built in 1956 and was on the coastal express service from 1956-1994. Nordstjernen was owned initially by BDS (Bergen Damspskipsselskap).

 

 

To-Foto postcard 91-768 of Nordstjernen.

 

 

 

 

 

Lofoten (1964)

OVDS

 

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).

 

 

To-Foto postcard 96-1997 of Lofoten.

 

 

 

 

 

Narvik (1982-2006)

OVDS

 

Narvik was built in 1982 by Trondhjems MV, Aker Trondelag, Trondheim, for ODS (Ofotens Dampskipsselskap), but has operated with OVDS (Ofotens & Vesterålens Dampskipsselskap) since the merger of the the two companies in 1988. As built in 1988, she had an open cargo deck aft. This was replaced with additional accommodation in 1988, rather spoiling her appearance. She originally had 166 berths only, increased to 306 after rebuilding, and tonnage increased from 4072gt to 6257gt.

 

Additional images of Narvik

 

 

To-Foto postcard 90-577 of Narvik.

 

 

 

 

 

Midnatsol (3) TFDS: 1982-2003

Lyngen (2) TFDS: 2005-2007

 

Midnatsol was built for TFDS in 1982, and ran on the Hurtigruten until 2003. In 2005 she was renamed Lyngen (2) and is due to cruise in Greenland in the summer, and act as relief Hurtigrute in the winter allowing larger newer ships to cruise in warmer climes. It was announced in September 2007 that Lyngen had been sold to Lindblad Expeditions.

 

 

Postcard of Midnatsol as rebuilt.

Scan: Arild Steinsland

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vesterålen (1983)

OVDS

 

To-Foto postcard 89-409 of Vesterålen.

 

 

 

 

 

Kong Harald (1993)

TFDS

 

To-Foto postcard 2399 of Kong Harald.

 

 

 

 

 

Richard With (1993)

OVDS

 

To-Foto postcard 94-1494 of Richard With.

 

 

 

 

 

Nordlys (1994)

TFDS

 

To-Foto postcard 2397 of Nordlys.

 

 

 

 

 

Nordkapp (1996)

OVDS

 

To-Foto postcard 99-2329 of Nordkapp.

 

 

 

 

 

Polarlys (1996)

TFDS

 

To-Foto postcard 96-2005 of Polarlys.

 

 

 

 

 

Nordnorge (1997)

OVDS

 

To-Foto postcard 98-2274 of Nordnorge.

 

 

 

 

 

Finnmarken (2002)

OVDS

 

To-Foto postcard 2572 of Finnmarken.

 

 

 

 

 

Trollfjord (2002)

TFDS

 

To-Foto postcard 2575 of Trollfjord.

 

 

 

 

 

Midnatsol (4) (2003)

TFDS

 

To-Foto postcard 2740 of Midnatsol.

 

 

 

 

 

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