36-510: MS King Seaways is a cruiseferry operated and owned by the Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways on a route connecting North Shields , effectively the port of Newcastle upon Tyne, (being 6 miles to the east of the city), England to IJmuiden in the Netherlands . She was built in 1987 as MS Nils Holgersson by Seebeckwerft , Bremerhaven , West Germany for TT-Line . Between 1993 and 2006
72-572: A steel plant and Velsen-Noord . It is 10 kilometres (6 mi) north northwest of Haarlem which is 18 kilometres (11 mi) due west of Amsterdam. The port is a deepwater port suited to fully laden Panamax ships , and the fourth port of the Netherlands. The internal capitalization within IJmuiden is as IJ is a digraph in modern Dutch so in some typefaces recognised as a ligature which places it in one typed or handwritten space. In
108-414: A cabin at around 10.45pm GMT but was extinguished within 15 minutes, according to a spokesman for DFDS. RAF helicopters from Leconfield near Hull, and Boulmer, Northumberland were scrambled to the vessel along with two RNLI lifeboats from Bridlington and Filey. Four crew members and two passengers had to be winched off the ferry, which was heading to IJmuiden from North Shields, after they inhaled smoke when
144-506: A modified design. With her Olau sister Olau Britannia (1990) she was charted in 1994 to P&O Ferries and renamed Pride of Le Havre . In 2005, she stopped operating for P&O and was subsequently sold to SNAV in Italy and renamed SNAV Sardegna . MS Olau Britannia (1990) was the fourth of the vessels and also built by Schichau Seebeckwerft , Bremerhaven , Germany for TT-Line 's sister company Olau Line . With her Olau sister
180-549: A new IJmuiden, important sights in IJmuiden are the North Sea locks . The latter are among the largest in the world and one set is able to close off a shipping lane 50 metres (160 ft) wide and 12 metres (39 ft) deep. There are plans to enlarge or build a new set to facilitate passage for even larger vessels. DFDS Seaways serve a route between Amsterdam and Newcastle ( Port of Tyne ) via IJmuiden. A new roll-on/roll-off ferry route between IJmuiden and Great Yarmouth in
216-473: A plan by the architect Willem Marinus Dudok . The statistical area IJmuiden, which includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of 30,466. The headquarters of the KNRM, Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution is against the canal. The harbour coastline remains a measuring point for the northern extremes of the equidistantly set UK-Netherlands sea boundary . The law discounts the projection of Europoort ,
252-421: A similar basic design as the four sisters, supplied by A.G. Weser. [REDACTED] Media related to IMO 8502406 at Wikimedia Commons Cruiseferry A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship and a Ro-Pax ferry . Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while others use
288-500: A sister ship of the King of Scandinavia . Because of the equal capacity and layout of these sister ships, caravans are accepted at every sailing. On 22 February 2008, the King of Scandinavia broke free from her moorings at North Shields during high winds, drifting across the River Tyne and colliding with an oil rig moored on the opposite bank. There were no passengers on board at the time of
324-587: Is a port city in the Dutch province of North Holland . It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-east. Including its large sea locks , it straddles the mouth of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam . To the south it abuts a large reserve of plant-covered dunes, the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park . The city is on the south bank; the north bank is otherwise
360-599: The Normandie and the Barfleur . The Val de Loire was the first Brittany Ferries vessel to include a swimming pool, though when the ship was transferred to the Portsmouth – St Malo route it was rarely open. After the rebuild was completed in June 1993, the ship entered service on Brittany Ferries' Plymouth – Santander route, as well as Plymouth– Roscoff and Cork –Roscoff. In 2004
396-452: The Allies as E-boats ) and Biber midget submarines . The older structure, codename Schnellbootbunker AY (SBB1) , was protected by a 10-foot (3.0 m) thick concrete roof. The newer one, codename Schnellbootbunker BY (SBB2) , had 10–12 feet (3.0–3.7 m) of concrete, with a further 2–4-foot (0.6–1.2 m) layer separated by an air–gap. The E-boats laid up in the shelters during
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#1733093069994432-684: The American air force with rocket-powered Disney bombs , specialist weapons designed to penetrate fortified, concrete bunkers that could resist conventional bombs. IJmuiden was liberated by the Allies on 4 May 1945. The story of IJmuiden during the war is told in the Bunker Museum IJmuiden (in Dutch) . The city is also mentioned in The Diary of Anne Frank . After the war, the town was rebuilt according to
468-577: The MS ; Olau Hollandia (1989) she was charted in 1994 to P&O Ferries and renamed MS Pride of Portsmouth . In 2005 she stopped operating for P&O and was subsequently sold to SNAV in Italy and renamed MS SNAV Lazio . The former MS Koningin Beatrix (1986), sold in 1989 to Stena Line and renamed in 2002 as MS Stena Baltica , was built by the Dutch shipyard Van der Giessen de Noord for SMZ to
504-517: The Nils Holgersson was ordered by Ab Swecarrier (Swedish partners of TT-Line), but during construction she was sold to Wallenius Rederiet . When she was delivered in February 1987 the ship was bareboat-chartered back to Swecarrier, and began service between Trelleborg ( Sweden ) and Travemünde ( West Germany ) in June of the same year. In February 1992 the ship was sold to SweFerry , but kept in
540-567: The North Sea , with its mouth in this area, had been drawn up already since 1626, but were only set into motion in the 19th century, when in 1851 the whole area was sold to the entrepreneurs Bik and Arnold. Ground was broken on 8 April 1865. IJmuiden is the newest city in North Holland. It was founded on 1 November 1876, when the North Sea Canal was officially opened by William III of the Netherlands , shortcutting Amsterdam 's harbours' passage to
576-592: The Roman era , the district was already inhabited, and archaeological finds at the impoldered lake of Wijkermeer indicate there was a North Sea port of some regional importance built here. Present day IJmuiden includes four harbors: the vissershaven (Ship's code IJM), a fishing dock (visafslag), the haringhaven , the IJmondhaven and the Seaport Marina IJmuiden, a harbour for pleasure craft. IJmuiden became
612-605: The canal was finished in the fishing industry, but many also suffered extreme poverty. The IJmuiden name literally means "mouth of the IJ ", which is a hint to the importance the town has for the Amsterdam harbour. The name first appeared, as IJ-muiden , in lines written in 1848 by the professor and journalist (and, later, a liberal finance minister in the Van Lynden van Sandenburg Cabinet ) Simon Vissering. The present IJmuiden form
648-617: The channel, sometimes at great expense. During the Nazi German occupation, the canal was out of operation and the Germans destroyed most of IJmuiden to create what they called Festung IJmuiden (literally "fortress", a heavily defended zone, from which the civilian population had been removed. IJmuiden became the site of two separate fortified pens constructed by the German navy ( Kriegsmarine ) to house their schnellboote (fast torpedo boats, known to
684-537: The day, safe from air attack, and put to sea under cover of night to attack Allied shipping. The pens were priority targets after D-day as the torpedo boats they protected were a great threat to the supply lines serving Allied forces. They were subjected to repeated air attack. This included four attacks by No. 9 Squadron and No. 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force . These saw 53 five-ton, Tallboy earthquake bombs dropped. There were also two attacks in 1945 by
720-469: The fire alert. Northumbria Police said they had also arrested a 28-year-old man, also from Sunderland, on suspicion of affray. The Nils Holgersson was the second of four sisters in the Peter Pan class, the others being: MS Peter Pan (1986) was the first of the sisters built by Seebeckwerft , Bremerhaven , West Germany for TT-Line . She was sold in 1990 to Spirit of Tasmania and in 1993 renamed as
756-521: The fire broke out 30 miles off the Yorkshire coast. The six people were taken to Scarborough Hospital by RAF helicopter but were not at the time, thought to be in a serious condition. The 30,000-tonne ship returned to Newcastle Ferry Port, in North Shields, at around 4am and passengers were kept on board until 9am while police investigated. A 26-year-old Sunderland man was arrested on suspicion of arson after
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#1733093069994792-510: The first Spirit of Tasmania . She was sold in 2002 to Nordsjøferger and charted in 2003 to Fjord Line as MS Fjord Norway . In 2006 she was sold to DFDS Seaways for use on the IJmuiden , Netherlands to Newcastle , England route as MS Princess of Norway . In 2011 she was renamed Princess Seaways . MS Olau Hollandia (1989) was the third of the vessels and built by Schichau Seebeckwerft for TT-Line's sister company Olau Line to
828-454: The incident. Sailings were suspended while repairs were carried out. . The King of Scandinavia ran with this name for nearly five years. In January 2011 she sailed from Newcastle to IJmuiden for the last time named as the King of Scandinavia , leaving IJmuiden on 16 January without any passengers and heading to Denmark for her annual docking period. She headed back to IJmuiden on 29 January with brand new paintwork and also running with
864-458: The largest fishing port of the Netherlands after the island of Urk became closed in by the Afsluitdijk . The town suffered heavy damage and demolition during World War II , because of its maritime importance. Before IJmuiden was built, the area was known as Breesaap , a desolate plain where a handful of farming families strove to make a living. Plans to connect Amsterdam with a canal to
900-574: The natural end of which, Hook of Holland ( Hœk van Holland ), forms a southern measurement point. The North Sea Canal connects the North Sea with the IJ Bay in Amsterdam , and the importance of this ship canal has been recognized with the introduction of the "Holland Route" along the canal by the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH). The places to see on this route are the Hoogovensmuseum ,
936-482: The new MV Pont-Aven replaced the Val de Loire on her old routes, and she was transferred to serve on the Portsmouth – St Malo and Portsmouth– Cherbourg routes . In November 2005 the Val de Loire was sold to DFDS Seaways for delivery in 2006. Her final crossing with Brittany Ferries was between Portsmouth and Cherbourg on 20 February 2006. In February 2006 the Val de Loire ended her service with Brittany Ferries and
972-457: The new name of King Seaways . In January of 2019 King Seaways was repainted both repainting DFDS Seaways to DFDS and simplifying the logo on the funnel. Around this time the restaurants and facilities on board were also rebranded. In January of 2022 the logo on the funnel was replaced with the brand name DFDS following a decision after testing new looks in 2019. On 28 December 2013, a fire broke out on board King Seaways. The fire broke out in
1008-586: The routes between Turku and Helsinki in Finland and Sweden 's capital Stockholm . Since the 1990s Tallink has also risen as a major company in the area, culminating with acquisition of Silja Line in 2006. The term "cruiseferry" did not come into use until the 1980s, although it has been retroactively applied to earlier ferries that have large cabin capabilities and public spaces in addition to their car- and passenger-carrying capacity. IJmuiden IJmuiden ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɛiˈmœydə(n)] )
1044-513: The same traffic. In January 1993 the Nils Holgersson was sold to Brittany Ferries and renamed MV Val de Loire . Before entering service for her new owners, the ship was rebuilt at INMA , La Spezia , Italy with a new streamlined forward superstructure, a new bow door and refurbished interiors. Inside the theme used was "Maritime Tradition", with many artifacts and ship models on display in her public areas. The facilities on board Val de Loire were very similar in style to those found on board
1080-610: The sea. He dubbed the town IJmuiden after passing the locks from the North Sea into the canal. After his ship, the paddle steamer Stad Breda built by the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland , passed, the first ship from Amsterdam, the SS Rembrandt built by the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (KNSM), passed the other way. The workers who dug the canal later settled there; they found work after
1116-623: The sheltered angles outside the harbour between each converging breakwater and the shore. After the German invasion of the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, the Dutch Royal family left the country from IJmuiden in the late evening of 12 May. Some were on board the British destroyer HMS Codrington , while Queen Wilhelmina left on board HMS Hereward . The quays at IJmuiden were crowded at that time with people desperate to be transported across
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1152-630: The ship was named MV Val de Loire , owned by Brittany Ferries and used on traffic across the English Channel . A DFDS vessel since 2006, she was originally named MS King of Scandinavia , before being given her current name in 2011. The MS Nils Holgersson (fourth ship to bear the name in TT-Line's fleet) was built as the younger sister of the MS Peter Pan . The sisters were notably larger than any ships to have sailed for TT-Line before. Originally
1188-646: The ships as means of transportation. Cruiseferry traffic is mainly concentrated in the seas of Northern Europe , especially the Baltic Sea and the North Sea . However, similar ships traffic across the English Channel as well as the Irish Sea , Mediterranean and even on the North Atlantic . Cruiseferries also operate from India , China and Australia . In the northern Baltic Sea, two major rival companies, Viking Line and Silja Line , have for decades competed on
1224-521: The system of sluice gates at the mouth of the canal, and the Zee- en Havenmuseum in IJmuiden. IJmuiden is home to two of the world's most powerful water pumps capable of pumping 60,000 litres (13,000 imp gal; 16,000 US gal) per second. Besides the Velsen Municipality Hall (Raadhuis van de gemeente Velsen) , designed by the architect Willem Dudok as a centerpiece to his plan for
1260-601: Was eventually adopted in 1876, as the North Sea Canal was being completed in this section. In 1890 it had about 1,500 inhabitants, but boomed when the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hoogovens steelworks settled in IJmuiden in 1918. At that time shipping was at a low, because during World War I minesweepers laid mines nearby. The entry to the canal needed constant dredging due to the littoral drift in both directions on an open, sandy coast: due to winds blowing alternately from opposite quarters, sand accumulates in
1296-469: Was renamed MS King of Scandinavia (she is the third ship of the same name to sail with DFDS Seaways). Between 2 and 11 March she was refitted for her new service in IJmuiden , the Netherlands , and on 11 March she began serving on DFDS Seaways' Newcastle - IJmuiden route, running parallel to MS Queen of Scandinavia . In May 2007 the MS Queen of Scandinavia swapped routes with MS Princess of Norway ,
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