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