MS Roald Amundsen
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For other ships with the same name, see Roald Amundsen (ship).
MS Roald Amundsen is a new hybrid powered Hurtigruten expedition cruise ship.[4] She was built by Kleven Yards of Norway and started her maiden voyage on 3 July 2019 from the Norwegian port Tromsø to Hamburg.[1] She and her sister ship Fridtjof Nansen are the first hybrid-powered ships in the Hurtigruten fleet.[2][5][6]
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History | |
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Name | Roald Amundsen |
Namesake | Roald Amundsen |
Operator | Hurtigruten |
Builder | Kleven Verft, Ulsteinvik, Norway[1] |
Launched | 17 February 2018 |
Completed | July 2018[1] |
Identification | IMO number: 9813072 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Length | 140 m (459 ft 4 in)[2] |
Beam | 23.6 m (77 ft 5 in)[2] |
Height | 29 m (95 ft 2 in)[2] |
Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)[3] |
Decks | 11[4] |
Ice class | Polar Class 6 |
Capacity | 530–1,018[3][4] |
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Roald Amundsen was christened in fall 2019 in Antarctica with a chunk of ice instead of the traditional bottle of champagne.[7] The vessel has Polar Class 6 rating for arctic conditions. Roald Amundsen was the first hybrid ship to sail the Northwest Passage.[8][9]