Vikingfjord - Prinz Hamlet II - Agadir - Ouranos - Golfinho Azul

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Prinz Ferries vessel Prinz Hamlet II, originally built as the Vikingfjord in 1969.

 

Vikingfjord was in 1969 by Jos L.Meyer Verft, Papenburg. She entered service with Nordlandfähre (Hamburg) between Cuxhaven-Skudneshavn (Stavanger)-Bergen in August 1969. The route closed the following year, and Vikingfjord operated brief charters for Fred Olsen (Kristiansand to Amsterdam or Harwich) and Moltzau Line (Gedser to Travemünde). Late in 1970 she was chartered to HADAG (Hamburg), then part owners of Prinz Ferries. Vikingfjord was renamed Prinz Hamlet II for service between Hamburg and Harwich.

 

The Prinz Ferries charter ended in 1973, and Prinz Hamlet II was sold to Cie Marocaine de Navigation (Comanav), for service between Tangier and Sète as the Agadir. In 1986 Agadir was sold to Fraglines (Cyprus) for a route Patras-Igoumenitsa-Korfu-Brindisi as Ouranos.

 

In 1999 Ouranos was sold to Acor Line (owned by the government of the Azores) and renamed Golfino Azul for a service to Casablanca.

 

 

Links to Ship Names on this Page:-

Vikingfjord - Nordlandfähre: 1969-1970

Prinz Hamlet II - Prinz Ferries charter: 1970-1973

Agadir - COMONAV: 1974-1986

Ouranos - Fragline: 1986-1999

Golfino Azul - Acor Line: 1999-

 

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Vikingfjord

(Nordlandfähre: 1969-1970)

 

Vikingfjord was in 1969 by Jos L.Meyer Verft, Papenburg. She entered service with Nordlandfähre (Hamburg) between Cuxhaven-Skudneshavn (Stavanger)-Bergen in August 1969. The route closed the following year, and Vikingfjord operated brief charters for Fred Olsen (Kristiansand to Amsterdam or Harwich) and Moltzau Line (Gedser to Travemünde). Late in 1970 she was chartered to HADAG (Hamburg), then part owners of Prinz Ferries. Vikingfjord was renamed Prinz Hamlet II for service between Hamburg and Harwich.

 

 

Official postcard of Vikingfjord.

 

 

 

 

Prinz Hamlet II

(Prinz Ferries: 1970-1973 - charter)

 

Late in 1970 Vikingfjord was chartered to HADAG (Hamburg), then part owners of Prinz Ferries. Vikingfjord was renamed Prinz Hamlet II for service between Hamburg and Harwich. The Prinz Ferries charter ended in 1973, and Prinz Hamlet II was sold to Cie Marocaine de Navigation (Comanav), for service between Tangier and Sète as the Agadir.

 

 

Sapphire (Holland-on-Sea) postcard of Prinz Hamlet II off Harwich.

 

Hans Harte (Hamburg - HHH) postcard of Prinz Hamlet II at Hamburg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agadir

(COMONAV: 1974-1986)

 

The Prinz Ferries charter ended in 1973, and Prinz Hamlet II was sold to Cie Marocaine de Navigation (Comanav), for service between Tangier and Sète as the Agadir. In 1986 Agadir was sold to Fraglines (Cyprus) for a route Patras-Igoumenitsa-Korfu-Brindisi as Ouranos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ouranos

(Fraglines: 1986-1999)

 

In 1986 Agadir was sold to Fraglines (Cyprus) for a route Patras-Igoumenitsa-Korfu-Brindisi as Ouranos. In 1999 Ouranos was sold to Acor Line (owned by the government of the Azores) and renamed Golfino Azul for a service to Casablanca.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golfino Azul

(Acor Line: 1999- )

 

 

In 1999 Ouranos was sold to Acor Line (owned by the government of the Azores) and renamed Golfinho Azul for a service to Casablanca.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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