FROM THE ARCHIVE – FERRY “KVITSØY” PASSING TUNGENES ON HER WAY FROM KVITSØY TO MEKJARVIK, 3 FEBRUARY 1996

FROM THE ARCHIVE:

“KVITSØY” / reg. Stavanger, passing Tungenes, on her way from Kvitsøy to Mekjarvik, 3 February 1996.

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TYPE: Ferry

IMO NO: 7105005

749 gt / 299 nt

Delivered from Løland Verft A/S., Leirvik / Norway (Yard no 32), in 1971.

Name history:

• “FINNØY” from delivery in 1971 until 1995
• “KVITSØY” from 1995 until 2003
• “AUSTRHEIM” from 2003

Sold to buyers in Cameroon, and deleted NOR-registers 10 April 2012.

Vessel capsized in Gulf of Guinea, 25/26 August 2019.

For more details – visit link published by fleetmon.com:

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/26885/ferry-capsized-more-100-passengers-missing-gulf-gu/

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