MS Spitsbergen
Info
- Registration: Norway
- Launched/Renovation: 2016/2017
- Total Guests: 338
- Of passengers in cabins: 203
- Of day passengers: 135
- Length: 101 m (331 ft)
- Breadth: 87 m (285 ft)
- Breadth: 18 m (59 ft)
- Draft: 5.2 m (17 ft)
- Service speed: 16 kn (15 % service allowance)
About ship
The M/V Atlantida, a RoPax that never came into service, has been converted into a Premium Cruise Explorer Vessel, M/S Spitsbergen, for Hurtigruten AS. The conversion took place at Fosen Yard AS in Norway, and the vessel began sailing in June 2016.
The conversion includes a total refurbishment of the two car decks. Deck 3 has been rearranged into a pallet/zodiac storage area and a crew cabin area, while deck 4 has become a passenger cabin area, with a brand new mooring deck arrangement in the aft part. Deck 5 maintains its public space characteristics, but is undergoing major changes in the main restaurant, reception hall and the forward lounge. Passenger cabins with balconies are being added in the aft part of deck 6, as well as the update of the existing ones and of the forward lounge. Finally, passenger cabins, a sauna and a crew/passenger gym have been added on deck 7, leading to a rearrangement of the whole area.
Deck plan
Cabins
