MS Sleipner
M/S Sleipner entering Vågen, Bergen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | MS Sleipner |
| Namesake | Sleipnir |
| Owner | Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap |
| Awarded | 27 March 1998 |
| Builder | Austal Ships Pty., Henderson, Australia |
| Yard number | 83 |
| Laid down | 28 June 1998 |
| Launched | 24 February 1999 |
| Acquired | 18 August 1999 |
| In service | 25 August 1999 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9193032 |
| Fate | Sank, 26 November 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 375 GT |
| Length | |
| Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Depth | 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 2,320 kW (3,110 hp) MTU 16V-4000-M70 diesel engines |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Capacity | 358 passengers |
| Crew | 9 |
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MS Sleipner was a Norwegian high-speed catamaran ferry built in 1999 for the HSD Sjø company by Austal Ships of Australia. Constructed largely of aluminium, she was 42 metres (138 ft) long, 12.5 metres (41 ft) wide, and certified for 358 passengers.
On 26 November 1999, only three months after being commissioned, during bad weather, Sleipner collided with a rock in the notorious part of the North Sea called "Sletta", just north of the town of Haugesund. The ship sank and 16 of the people on board died.