MS Norröna
Norröna in 2021 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Norröna |
| Owner | Smyril Line |
| Operator | Smyril Line |
| Port of registry | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Ordered | 2001 |
| Builder | Flender Werke, Lübeck, Germany |
| Yard number | 694 |
| Laid down | 7 January 2002 |
| Launched | 24 August 2002 |
| Christened | 5 April 2003 |
| Completed | April 2003 |
| Acquired | 5 April 2003 |
| In service | 10 April 2003 |
| Identification |
|
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ropax |
| Tonnage | 35,966 GT |
| Length | 164 m (538 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 30 m (98 ft 5 in) |
| Height | 50.3 m (165 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Decks | 10 |
| Ramps | 1 (stern) |
| Ice class | Ice Class 1A |
| Propulsion | four Wartsila NSD ZA40S, two controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,500 passengers and 800 cars |
| Crew | 120 |
Norröna is the Faroes' largest ferry. It sails between Hirtshals, Denmark and Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands, as well as Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.