It's been a while, since I posted something from the real world in Norway
MF Hardingen sr (Senior)
"Hardingen sr.", former "Erik P" or "Hardingen", is an car ferry build in 1966. The ferry went into rout for H.S.D up to 1991. In 1991 the ferry was sold to Italy (Napoli) and went into local route in Sardinia until 2016, as "MF Erik P". In 2016 the ferry was sold to the Norwegian ferry company "Fjord 1" and in Mars 2016 the ferry "Hardingen" transported back to Norway. Between 2016 and 2019 the ferry went in tourist traffic in inner Sognefjord together with MF "Skånevik" som are build of a similar design but smaller. In 2020 the ferry was sold to new owner in Kristiansund "Vestlandske trafikk" (Western Traffic).
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Other names:
1966 - 1991: MF «Hardingen»
1991 – 2016: MF «Erik P»
2016 – today: MF «Hardingen sr.»
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IMO-nr.: 6616526 (
https://www.marinetraffic.com/)
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Type: car ferry
weight: 632 gross tons
Length: 52,3 meter (52 meter hull)
Beam: 11.4 meter
Draft: 3,6 meter
Speed: 12 knots
Machinery: 2x 4cyl 2T EV DM 1200 gross HP (Wichmann engine factory, now part of Wärtsilä)
passengers: 399
cars: 45
(ready for upload)