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MS Norbay
Freight vessel operated by P&O / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MS Norbay is a ro-pax vessel owned by the British ferry company P&O Ferries and currently chartered to Irish Ferries.[2] She was built by Van Der Giessen-de Noord N.V., Netherlands in 1994.[3]
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Name | Norbay |
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Port of registry | Hamilton, ![]() |
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Builder | Van der Giessen de Noord |
Yard number | 962 |
Launched | 13 November 1993 |
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Status | In service |
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Tonnage | 17,464 GT |
Length | 166.77 metres (547.1 ft) |
Beam | 23.4 metres (77 ft) |
Draft | 5.8 metres (19 ft) |
Installed power | 2 x Sulzer 9 ZA40S diesel engines and 2 x Sulzer 8 ZA40S diesel engines producing 24,480kW in total |
Propulsion | 2 x controllable pitch propellers 2 x transverse forward thrusters |
Speed | 22 knots (25 mph) |
Capacity | 2,040 lanemetres; 114 passengers |
Crew | 57 |
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