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POLAR STAR - IMO 6905745

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Photographer:
Rick Vince [ View profile ]
Captured:
Dec 13, 2018
Title:
Polar Star
Location:
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Photo Category:
Cruise Ships And Liners Built 1961-1970
Added:
Dec 25, 2018
Views:
1,504
Image Resolution:
2,999 x 1,986

Description:

13/12/2018, AstiCan shipyard, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

Another year has passed and this former icebreaker remains locked in debt and litigation after the Canadian owners went bankrupt.
No recent news of her future fate.

Built in 1969 as an icebreaker by Wärtsilä, Helsinki, Finland (389), 4,998 g.t. as:-
'Njord' to 2000 &
'Polar Star' since.

Converted in 2000 to a passenger & cruise vessel.

Vessel
particulars

Current name:
POLAR S

Former name(s):

 -  Polar Star (Until 2017 Nov)

 -  Njord (Until 2000 May 19)

Current flag:
Barbados
Home port:
Bridgetown
IMO:
6905745
Status:
Dead
Build year:
1969
Builder:
Stx Finland Helsinki - Helsinki, Finland
Vessel Type:
Passenger (cruise) Ship
Gross tonnage:
4,998 tons
Summer DWT:
879 tons
Length:
86.5 m
Beam:
21.2 m
Draught:
5 m
Photos:
55 photos by 31 photographers

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This ship exists in the following categories:

Cruise Ships and Liners - 1 photos

Icebreakers - 2 photos

Ships under Repair or Conversion - 4 photos

Ship's Deck - 1 photos

Cruise Ships and Liners built 1961-1970 - 47 photos

Photographers
of this ship

(31)

Tomislav Raymondi

3 photos

Capt. Hilmar Snorrason

1 photos

Aage Schjoelberg

1 photos

Lorraine Morrill

1 photos

Capt. Jan Melchers

1 photos

Peter Barker

1 photos

Thales

2 photos

Dean Porter

1 photos

jock

1 photos

Rick Vince

9 photos

Robby Norman

1 photos

Miguel N

3 photos

Sydney Sinclair

1 photos

Jaksa Kivela

1 photos

Luis G Herrera

2 photos

Marius Esman

5 photos

Stefan Niederer

1 photos

Tor-Erik

1 photos

Paulo J. Melich Farinha

1 photos

Richard Paton

3 photos

Guido Blokland

2 photos

Bj

1 photos

K. Watson

1 photos

Jo

2 photos

ROBERTO TONINI

2 photos

Nils

1 photos

frode adolfsen

1 photos

Rico Voss

1 photos

CHARRAN

2 photos

Cisco

1 photos

Rolf Bridde

1 photos

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person
According to Twitter, she "remains available to new owner":

https://twitter.com/YachtsUnlimited/status/1161149664747560960

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person
Yes, still at Las Palmas. No change.

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person
Is she still at Las Palmas? Anybody knows what's happing to her?

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person
Nice shot. I remember seeing her and her sisters, ODEN & TOR, in Stockholm in 1971 under the Swedish flag. I will have to dig out the photos one day.

Regards

Bob

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