MV Hamnavoe
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 |
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.