History
LOI | |
Building contract | |
Building started | |
Keel laid | |
19/4/1956 | Launch |
Sea trial | |
Second sea trial | |
24/7/1956 | Delivered to Det Nordenfjeldske D/S A/S Trondheim, Norway |
28/7/1956 | Hurtigruten service Bergen – Kirknes coastal route. |
12/9/1957 | Small fire on accommodation area. |
11/1967 | Refurbished by Blohm & Voss. |
20/2/1972 | Ran aground on Risøyrenna. |
27/10/1972 | Collission with M/S Yløytind on Tromsø. |
10/1975 | Collision with bridge pillar at Tromsøbrua. |
1983 | Refurbished by Mjellem & Carlsen shipyard, Bergen. 12 new cabins installed and cabins and public areas updated. |
4/12/1983 | Back in Hurtigruten service |
1984 | Owner Kosmos A/S, continue Hurtigruten service. |
1/1/1989 | Ship was taken over by the TFDS, the shipping company NFDS left the Hurtigrute after 94 years. |
31/8/1989 | The ship was handed over , with a new funnel color. |
8/1995 | Sold to Rogaland Sjøaspirantskole, Stavanger, Norway |
9/9/1995 | Delivered to new owner. New name Gann. |
1995 | Refurbished. |
1996 | Used as a training vessel and in the tourist trade on Stavanger and Nordkapp in summer. |
2002 | Refurbished |
13/3/2007 | New owner Sørlandets Seilande Skoleskibs Institution, Kristiansand, Norway. New name Sjøkurs. |
5/3/2020 | Sold to Vestland Rederi A/S, Sævelandsvik, Norway. She had original name Ragnvald Jarl back. |
2020 | Refurbished |
2021? | Operated by Vestland Cruises. |