MV Enköping
Enköping passing Blockhusudden in 2017 | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Oskarshamn Shipyard, Sweden |
| Launched | 1868 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5334755 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ferry |
| Length | 30.33 m (99 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 5.45 m (17 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
The Enköping is a Swedish motor vessel, and former steam ship, that was built in 1868 at Oskarshamn. Over the years, she has operated under the names Östhammar, Skokloster, Arholma, Väddö, Glafsfjorden, Södra Skärgården and Soten. In 1948 she was converted to diesel power. In 1990 Strömma Kanalbolaget bought her, and she is now used for tourist services on Lake Malaren and in the Stockholm archipelago. According to her owners, she is the oldest passenger ship still in service in the Lloyd's Register of Shipping, and she is a listed historic ship of Sweden.