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MS Granvin is the boat with a history from bygone times. She is suitable for most company events - and especially where an excerpt of Norwegian coastal culture is desired as part of the experience. The boat represents a cultural history of transport in Western Norway, and has been given the status of worthy of protection by the National Heritage.
Granvin is equipped with two comfortable saloons and plenty of deck space. Granvin is perfectly suited to all kinds of outings for larger companies.
Length: 89.9 feet
Width: 18.6 feet
Depth: 9.5 feet
Main engine: 3syl 2tev Wichmann 3ACA
Performance: 300 bhk
Tonnage: 115 grt
M/S Granvin was built by A/S Mjellem & Karlsen in Bergen for Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap in 1931 and was certified for 150 passengers. In addition to plying the local routes in inner Hardanger, the boat was also intended to go on a tourist route in the summer. M/S Granvin were also the car drivers and could bring 3 cars.
She was decorated according to the old pattern with 1st class on the aft deck and 2nd class under the foredeck. In front of the superstructure was a spacious loading deck, with loose rows on each side, so that cars could be driven on board and ashore on chutes.
From 1931 to 1935, M/S Granvin ran a tourist route in Indre Hardanger and local routes in the winter. Mainly the Sørfjord routes between Odda and Granvin.
On 21 February 1933, Granvin went off course and ran aground on Tjuvahomen north of Øystese. The bow and half of the forward ship were left on land, while the stern ship was under water. No one was injured and the boat was later salvaged by S/B Herkules. Granvin was then on his way from Hardanger to Bergen and there was heavy snow when the grounding occurred.
On the night of 25 April 1940, Granvin and Eidfjord were transporting Norwegian soldiers from Kinsarvik to Granvin, when five German motor torpedo boats attacked the Norwegian forces in Ulvik. Eidfjord was taken as German spoils of war, while Granvin managed to get out before the actual attack. During the war, it continued on a regular basis.
M/S Granvin ran faithfully for HSD on local routes until 1968. Then the local routes in inner Hardanger were rescheduled. The Sørfjordruta and the route around Oksenhalvøya, which in recent years had been taken over by Fjordgubben (formerly Lønningdal I). In 1968, Granvin was sold to Olav Linga at Folkedal in Granvin and leased back to HSD for continued use on the local route between Granvin and Ulvik.
In connection with the sale and the rescheduling of the routes, M/S Granvin was somewhat rebuilt, among other things the saloon at the front was removed in favor of a larger hold and the mast was moved forward. Granvin got a new engine, 3syl 2tev Wichmann 3ACA 300bhp. In 1970, M/S Granvin also got a new chimney which should dampen some of the engine noise, although without much effect.
Due to road development and the opening of the Vallavik tunnel, the route between Granvin and Ulvik was closed. "Granvin" made its last trip around the Oksenhalvøya on 30 April 1987.
In 1988, the Veteranskipslaget bought the Fjordabåten M/S Granvin with a view to preserving the boat. The salon was rebuilt, and considering that the boat was mainly to be used as a passenger boat, the salon was made larger than originally. The boat also got back a tall thin chimney similar to the old one. After the conversion, Granvin received a passenger certificate for 100 passengers. Since then, Granvin has been commissioned as a veteran boat in Hordaland and participated in cultural events and conventions along the Westland coast, in Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen.
In 1995, M/S Granvin was given the status of a vessel worthy of preservation by the National Archives. Granvin was also later protected in 2011 as she represents transport and shipping history from the time when road traffic and the development of a modern road transport system was taking shape. It is a typical representative of the first, smaller motor-driven local route boats that were in operation in the fjords of Western Norway.
In tow, the ship is operated on a voluntary basis and the boat is very well maintained. She is suitable for most company events - and especially where an excerpt of Norwegian coastal culture is desired as part of the experience.
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