MS Lodbrog
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=}} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name=*Siegelberg (1983-85)
|Ship owner=*Compania de Navigatie ROMLINE (1985-2000)
|Ship operator=*Compania de Navigatie ROMLINE (1985-96)
|Ship ordered= |Ship builder= VEB Mathias Thesen Werft |Ship yard number=154 |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 29 November 1983 |Ship completed= |Ship christened= |Ship renamed= |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= 9 April 1985 |Ship out of service= |Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Romania}} Constanţa (1985-93)
| Ship route=*Black Sea (1985-96)
|Ship fate= |Ship status= |Ship identification=*{{IMO number|8306591}}
}} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage=*{{GT|10,243}} (1983-2001)
|Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|140.33|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|21.01|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{convert|6.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power= 2 diesel engines |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed= {{convert|14.5|kn}} |Ship capacity=*{{convert|1089|m|yd|abbr=on}} lane capacity
|Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
Lodbrog is a {{GT|10,243}} cable-laying ship that was built as a freight ferry. She was built in 1983 as Siegelberg and completed in 1985 for Romanian owners as Tuzla. In 1996 she was renamed Bolero. The ship was renamed Lodbrog after conversion to a cable layer in 2001.
Description
As built, the ship was {{convert|140.14|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|21.01|m|ftin}} and a depth of {{convert|6.45|m|ftin}}. She tonnages were {{GT|10,243}} and {{NetT|6,045}}. The ship was powered by two 12-cylinder Halberstadt diesel engines of {{convert|10600|kW|hp}}, which can propel the ship at {{convert|14.5|kn}}. The ship had {{convert|1084|m|yd}} lane capacity and could carry 12 passengers.
History
The ship was built as yard number 154 by VEB Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was launched on 29 November 1983 as Siegelberg and then laid up unfinished. In 1985, she was completed as Tuzla for Compania de Navigatie Romline, Constanța, Romania. The IMO number 8306591 was allocated. She served in the Black Sea. on 12 May 1990, Tuzla was involved in a collision with the Soviet ship {{MV|Andrey Kizhevatov}}. In 1993, she was placed under the Cypriot flag, with Limassol as her port of registry. She was placed back under the Romanian flag in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/siegelberg_1985.htm |title=M/S SIEGELBERG. |publisher=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish |accessdate=15 June 2010}}
From 28 April 1996, Tuzla was chartered by Seatruck Ferries and renamed Bolero. She was one of the first two ferries chartered by Seatruck.{{cite web| url = http://www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com/seatruck.php| publisher = Irish Ferry Enthusiasts| title = Seatruck| accessdate = 2008-03-28| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080925103351/http://www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com/seatruck.php| archivedate = 25 September 2008| df = dmy-all}} Bolero was employed on the Heysham–Warrenpoint route. On 14 May 1997, she was chartered by Argoman and employed on the Harwich–Cuxhaven–Turku route until the charter ended on 28 May 1997. Between June and August 1997, Bolero was chartered by Estline and employed on the Stockholm–Tallinn route. In September 1997 she was chartered to Norfolk Line and employed on the Felixstowe–Scheveningen route.
On 16 October 2000, Bolero was sold to Alcatel Submarine Networks Marine, Copenhagen, Denmark, and was renamed Lodbrog. She was laid up in Leirvik, Norway. In 2001 she was rebuilt as a cable-laying ship by Remontowa, Gdańsk, Poland. The rebuilt resulted in her being assessed as {{GT|9,983}}, {{NetT|2,995}}. She is now powered by two SKL Magdeburg diesel engines of {{convert|5299|kW|hp}} each.{{cite web|url=http://www.ship-info.com/prog/grskip.asp?id=K125821 |title=Lodbrog |publisher=Ship info |accessdate=15 June 2010}}
In October 2024, along with the British cruise ship MS Queen Elizabeth, the Lodbrog responded to the mayday and eventual sinking of the Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui.{{cite web |last1=Mercogliano |first1=Sal |title=The Royal New Zealand Navy's HMNZS Manawanui, Grounded, Then Sank Off the Coast of Samoa |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR85gqVwbWQ |website=Youtube |date=7 October 2024 |publisher=What is Going on With Shipping? |access-date=8 October 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Howie |first1=Cherie |title=Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui runs aground near Samoa |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/royal-new-zealand-navy-vessel-hmnzs-manawanui-runs-aground-near-samoa/YLJL2634NVDJTD6YOQPJDBOMFU/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |date=6 October 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041129010102/http://www.lodbrog.webbyen.dk/ Lodbrog website] (in Danish)
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Category:Ships built in East Germany
Category:Merchant ships of Bulgaria
Category:Merchant ships of Cyprus
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