MF Tysnes is a Norwegian car and passenger ferry in operation in Hardangerfjord since 1970.[2]
Tysnes at Utne in 2009
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Norway | |
Name | Tysnes |
Namesake | Tysnes |
Owner |
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Port of registry | Bergen |
Builder | Haugesund Slip AS, Haugesund |
Launched | 1970 |
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Status | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Car/passenger ferry |
Tonnage | 534 GT |
Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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Ship history
editThe vessel was built by Haugesund Slip AS in Haugesund in 1970 for the Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap ("Hardanger-Sunnhordland Steamship Company"). Since then it has operated almost entirely between the villages of Kinsarvik, Utne and Kvanndal. In 2006 HSD merged with Gaia Trafikk forming a new company called Tide. The company ferry section changed its name to Norled in 2012.[2]
See also
editWikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 7023104.
References
edit- ^ "Tysnes Details and Position". marinetraffic.com. 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ a b Langes, W. (2003). "Fjordfähren in Norwegen ("Ferries in Norway")". fjordfaehren.de. Retrieved 22 August 2012. (in German and Norwegian)