In her original colours as seen in a snowstorm from NORDKAPP just rounding Havøya

In route: 04-04-2002 – 12-02-2021
Owner: Ofotens og Vesteraalens D/S ASA - Narvik; on 01-01-2006 Hurtigruten Group ASA - Narvik; on 07-11-2013 Tromso; on 16-01-2019 Hurtigruten Cruise A/S - Tromso
Built: Ordered 5/19/2000; keel laid 11-10-2000; launched 9/15/2001; baptized and delivered 04-04-2002
Yard: Kleven Verft A/S - Ulsteinvik
Construction number: 292
Dimensions: 138.50 x 118.70 x 21.50 x 7.50 x 4.95 m
Tonnage: 15,690 GRT; 945 dwt
Call signal: L.L.R.Y./ L.D.B.E.
Lloyds/IMO: 9231951
Machines: 2x four-stroke 9 cylinder Wartsila type 9L32 through Wärtsilä coupling type TCH 150V85-S50 coupled to a Pod propeller; 2x four-stroke 6 cylinder Wartsila type 6L.32 each coupled to a generator; 2 Brunvoll bow thrusters type FU 80 LTC 2250; 1 retractable Azimuth propeller as bow thruster; converted to electric propulsion in February/March 2021
Power: 18,760 apk; 13,800 kW
Speed: 18 knots
Passengers: 1,000; 285 cabins; 634 beds
Purchased: New construction for NOK 750 million
Removed: On 25-05-2021 renamed OTTO SVERDRUP

Details: Baptized by Torild Skogsholm Norwegian Minister of Transport. First Hurtigrute trip on 20-04-2002 from Bergen.
As of January 2010 for 700,000,000. NoK per 18 months with option for another 18 months as a hotel ship for Boskalis to Gorgon Gas Field on Barrow Island (Western Australia).
On 10-08-2010 broken loose by strong wind and damaged in the side by another ship.
From 03-01-2020 to 09-03-2020 internally renovated at Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder A/S – Rissa.
On 12-02-2021 to Kleven A/S – Ulsteinvik for conversion to electric propulsion and cruise ship.