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                                    History

 LOI 
29/5/2000Building contract 
 Building started 
   
10/11/2000Keel laid 
15/9/2001Launch 
 Sea trial 
 Second sea trial 
3/4/2002Delivered to Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskap A/S, Narvik, Norway 
20/4/2002Hurtigruten coastal service between Bergen and Kirknes. 
   
   
   
3/2006Owner  Hurtigruten ASA, Narvik, Norway. 
   
   
10/200918 months charter to Fremantle, Australia. Used as hotelship. 
23/1/2010Voyage from Norway to Australia 
30/10/2011End of charter 
11/2011 Drydocking at Singapore and voyage to Norway 
   
16/2/2012Back in Hurtigruten service. 
   
   
 16/1/2019 Owner Hurtigruten Cruise AS, Norway 
 2020 Rebuild 
   
   
26/5/2021  New name Otto Sverdrup 
   
 4/2023 Drydocking at Bredo Werft, Bremerhaven.