Sweden issued in 2021 a booklet for the 400th Anniversary of the Port of Gothenburg, with five stamps of which three stamps show us a watercraft. A sailing yacht, the ferry FRÖJA, and a stern view from a stylized container vessel. The FRÖJA details are below.
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden. It is situated by Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden and has a population of approximately 570,000. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by Royal Charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the then-ongoing Thirty Year’s War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia’s largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries.
http://philamirror.info/2021/01/14/swed ... rg-stamps/ (Google translated)
During the icy winters of the late 1970s, the three ice-strengthened ferries DISA, VESTA, and YLVA proved too small for the ever-increasing passenger travel. A new ice-strengthened vessel was therefore ordered at Djupviks Varv and the new building was preceded by the aluminum vessel SKARVEN, which had already been ordered at the shipyard. The new ship FRÖJA got an underwater hull which was a further development of the ice-strengthened YLVA from 1951.
FRÖJA is the Old Norse name for the goddess of love and had previously been worn by the 1951 FRÖJA.
FRÖJA was the first modern motorboat that got a saloon also on the upper deck to be able to get as much seating as possible indoors for winter traffic. The vessel has a heavily ice-classified steel hull that Falkenbergs Varv built as a subcontractor to Djupviks Varv. In 1993, an upgrade was carried out with new furnishings, roofs over sun decks, and new engines. In the autumn of 2012, the salons received new chairs.
FRÖJA is 29.19 m long and 7.72 m wide. It can accommodate a maximum of 382 passengers and has 200 seats in salons. After engine replacement in October 2014, FRÖJA is powered by two Volvo Penta D16 MHs with a total of 1,100 hp (808 kW) which are connected to an adjustable propeller. The speed is 12.5 knots.
https://styrsobolaget.se/om-oss/fartyg/froja (Google translated)
Built as a ferry under yard No 178 by Falkenbergs Varv Ab, Falkenburg for the AB Göteborg – Styrsö Skärgårdstrafik, Göteborg.
She was completed and fitted out under yard No 315 by the Djupviks varv AB. Tjörn.
1980 Launched as the FRÖJA.
Tonnage 117 grt, 35 nrt, dim. 29.19 x 7.72 x 2.94m.
Powered by four Volvo Penta diesel engines 494 kW, speed 11.5 knots.
Passenger capacity 300.
Delivered 13 December 1980 to AB Goteborg - Styrsö Skärgårdstrafik, Gothenburg.
December 1980, used in traffic in Gothenburg's southern archipelago.
1993. Rebuilt at Djupvik's shipyard, Tjörn, with new machinery and roof over sun deck.
After her rebuilt, tonnage 222 grt, 104 nrt, dim. 29.19 x 7.72 x 3.07m
Powered by four Volvo Penta TAMD 122A diesel engines, 765 kW, speed 12.0 knots.
Passenger capacity increased to 382.
2009 08 06. Gets basic knowledge outside Brännö Husvik when you got a technical fault on the steering machine. Gets refloated by backing off and being taken out of service for further investigation.
2014. Replaces the engines with two Volvo Penta D16 MH diesel engines, 808 Kw, speed12.5 knots
2021 In service, same name and owners, IMO No 7947178.
https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/froja_1980.htm (google translated)
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