Kong Olav V
1968
(Risaloweska RI-75)
- Type: Passenger ferry
- Displacement: 8,669 tons
- Dimensions: 410 x 58 x 18 ft
- Machinery: Burmeister & Wain diesels, twin screw, 12,000 BHP = 21 knots
- Passengers: 952
- Cars: 100
- Builder: Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti SpA, Genoa, Italy, 1968
- Notes: Built for Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab (DFDS) United Steamship Co. In service on the Copenhagen-Oslo route 1968-1984. Sold to Fujian Province Shipping Co 1984 and renamed New Gulangyu, later Gulang Yu. Sold to Donalds Shipping Inc, Panama 1988 and renamed Leader Prince. Resold to Strida Naviagation SA, Panama 1989; renamed New Orient Princess in 1992. A fire broke out 25 Aug 1983 leading to a total constructive loss. Towed to Bangladesh for demolition.
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