MV Hamnavoe
MV Hamnavoe is a car and passenger ferry, built in 2002 and operated by NorthLink Ferries across the Pentland Firth from the mainland of Scotland to the Orkney Islands.
MV Hamnavoe at Scrabster Harbour in 2008 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hamnavoe |
| Namesake | The old Viking name for Stromness, meaning safe harbour |
| Owner |
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| Operator | NorthLink Ferries |
| Port of registry | Kirkwall, UK |
| Route | Scrabster to Stromness, Orkney |
| Builder | Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland |
| Cost | £28 million |
| Yard number | 440 |
| Laid down | 27 November 2001 (metal cutting) |
| Launched | June 2002 (float-out) |
| Christened |
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| Completed | 2002 |
| In service | 23 April 2003 |
| Homeport | Stromness |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Roll on/Roll Off Passenger Ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 5,350 tons |
| Length | 112 m (367 ft) |
| Beam | 18.5 m (61 ft) |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft) |
| Decks | 7 |
| Installed power | 2 × MaK 9M32C, each 4,340 kW (5,820 bhp) |
| Propulsion | Controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 28 |
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