MS Fram
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| 300px MS Fram on its maiden voyge in Greenland. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MS Fram |
| Operator: | Hurtigruten |
| Port of registry: | Tromsø, |
| Builder: | Fincantieri, Italy |
| Laid down: | March 2006, |
| Christened: | May 2007 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9370018 |
| Status: | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 12700 GT |
| Length: | 114 m (374 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 20.2 m (66 ft 3 in) |
| Decks: | Eight |
| Ice class: | 1B |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24.08 km/h; 14.96 mph) |
| Capacity: |
400 passengers 280 berths 0 cars [1][2] |
MS Fram is a passenger vessel operated by the Norwegian-based Hurtigruten Group. The ship is named after the ship used by explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. The ship operates in the Arctic ocean and around Greenland in the summer, and cruises around Antarctica at other points of the year.[1][2] In December 2007, the ship struck a glacier in Antarctica and sustained damage to the starboard side as a result of engine problems, although it did not affect the ship's seaworthiness.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MS Fram". Hurtigruten. http://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/Antarctica/Ships/The-Greenland-Ship/MS-Fram/. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "MS Fram - Cruise Liner". Ship technology.com. http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/msfram/. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ↑ Associated Press (December 29, 2007). "Norwegian Cruise Ship Hits Iceberg in Antarctic". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318969,00.html. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
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