Smyril Line
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of Faroes operator Smyril Line.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a
Fleet List
in chronological order.
Ships on This Page:-
Norröna (1)
(1983-2003)
Norröna I
(2003-2004)
Norröna (2)
(2003- )
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Norröna (1)
Gustav Vasa,
Norröna I, Logos Hope
1973
Norröna I
Gustav Vasa,
Norröna (1), Logos Hope
1973
Smyril Line Fleet List
Norröna (1)
(1983-2003)
Norröna I
(2003)
Norröna (1)
was built in Rendsburg in 1973 as the
Gustav Vasa (2)
for
Lion Ferry AB
. She entered service with a charter to Svenska Rederi Ab Öresund between Malmö-Travemünde. In 1976
Trave Line
and Svenska Rederi Ab Öresund combined to form Saga Line, and
Gustav Vasa (2)
continued to serve between Helsingborg/Malmö and Travemünde. In 1980 Saga Line joined with
TT Line
to form
TT-Saga Line
.
Gustav Vasa (2)
continued to serve between Malmö and Travemünde, but also served between Travemünde-Rönne and Trelleborg-Travemünde.
In April 1983,
Gustav Vasa (2)
was sold to Smyril Line (Faroes) as
Norröna (1)
, for their summer network of services to Torshavn from Lerwick, Bergen, Hantsholm and Seydisfjördur.
Norröna (1)
was often chartered in the winter to cover other operators' overhaul schedules, serving Kiel-Korsör in 1983/84,
TT-Line
in 1984/85 etc. In 1988
Norröna (1)
had charters with
Larvik Line
and
GT-Link
. Subsequent charters were with B&I Line, Sealink and Fjord Line. In 2000,
Norröna (1)
was rebuilt in Fredericia with
stability sponsons aft
. In 2003,
Norröna (1)
was renamed
Norröna I,
to release the name for her replacement, delivered that year. In January 2004,
Norröna I
covered for her replacement between Hanstholm-Torshavn-Lerwick-Hanstholm. In March 2004,
Norröna I
was sold to Operation Mobilisation Logos Ltd, Valletta, Malta, who renamed her
Logos Hope
.
Logos Hope
remained in Copenhagen until February 2005, when she was taken to Bijela-Shipyard, Montenegro for rebuilding, but was soon transferred to Valletta before work was carried out. In June 2005
Logos Hope
was taken to Togir, Croatia, for rebuilding.
Complete history of
Norröna (1)
Official oversized company postcard of
Norröna (1)
.
Official company postcard of
Norröna (1)
.
Standard sized variation on the card above.
Official company postcard of Norröna (1).
Official company postcard of
Norröna (1)
.
Official company postcard of
Norröna (1)
.
Official company postcard of
Norröna (1)
and
Smyril
.
Ferrycards postcard of
Norröna (1)
.
Ramsey postcard of
Norröna (1)
.
Photograph of
Norröna (1)
with stability sponsons.
Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
.
Photograph of
Norröna (1)
with stability sponsons.
Photo: © Marko Stampehl.
Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
.
Photograph of
Norröna (1)
with stability sponsons.
Photo: © Marko Stampehl.
Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
.
Norröna (2)
(2003- )
Official company postcard of
Norröna (2)
.
Official company postcard of
Norröna (2)
.
Official company postcard of
Norröna (2)
.
Photograph of
Norröna (2)
.
Photo: © Peter Therkildsen.
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