MV Logos Hope

MV Logos Hope is a ship operated as a part of a faith based organisations by Gute Bücher für Alle. She was built in 1973 as the ferry MV Gustav Vasa for service between Malmö (Sweden) and Travemünde (Germany) and later operated as the MV Norröna providing a ferry service to the Faroe Islands.

Logos Hope in Kiel
History
Name	1973–1983: Gustav Vasa 1983–2003: Norröna 2003–2004: Norröna I 2004 onwards: Logos Hope
Operator	1973–1976: Öresundsbolaget 1976–1980: Saga Line 1980–1983: TT Saga Line 1983–2004: Smyril Line 2004 onwards: GBA Ships
Port of registry	1973–1983: Halmstad Sweden 1983–2011: Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2011 onwards: Valletta, Malta
Builder	Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Germany
Yard number	678
Launched	10 February 1973
Identification	IMO number: 7302914
Status	In service
General characteristics
Tonnage	12,519 GT
Length	132.5 m (434 ft 9 in)
Beam	21.06 m (69 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.22 m (17 ft 2 in)
Decks	9
Installed power	4 X SWD 6TM 410 RR 6-cylinder diesel engines
Propulsion	2 × controllable pitch propellers 1 × bow thruster
Capacity	442 passengers

The same ship as MV Norröna in the harbour of Torshavn in 1997

History

In 1973 the ship was commissioned as the car ferry Gustav Vasa running between Malmö (Sweden) and Travemünde (Germany), a route she ran for 10 years. In April 1983 she was sold to the Faroese ferry company Smyril Line and renamed Norröna. Sailing from Tórshavn, the Faroese capital, to Lerwick (Shetland Islands), Bergen (Norway), Hanstholm (Denmark) and Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) each summer, she was often chartered in the winter to cover other operators’ overhaul schedules.

On 8 April 1990 the vessel suffered a small deliberate fire in the passenger accommodation resulting in several casualties. The ferry was on charter to B&I Ferries (now Irish Ferries) running between Pembroke Dock & Rosslare. Casualties were evacuated by RAF Rescue Helicopters to Withybush General Hospital in Haverfordwest.

When Smyril Line delivered a new Norröna in 2003, the old vessel became Norröna I and was put up for sale. Gute Bücher für Alle purchased the vessel in March 2004.