The MS Fryken is a freighter from Kristinehamn, Sweden, built in 1938. It is now a museum ship at the Maritiman maritime museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.


1938 - Built in Aalborg Værft, Aalborg, Denmark for Ångbåts AB Ferm (in Kristinehamn.)
1939-41 - The Fryken was used to carry freight from northern Sweden to Germany.
1941 - The vessel was laid up in Stockholm until the end of WWII in 1945.
1946-61 - The ship served the North Sea route.
1961 - It was sold to Finland.
1986 - The Fryken was purchased by Maritiman and returned to Gothenburg, Sweden.

Name:	(MS) Fryken
Length:	63,4 m
Beam:	10,1 m (I rounded to 9 instead of 11, but it looks more accurate.)
Draught:	4,3 m
Displacement:	1024 tons
Power:	800 hk
Speed:	10 knots
Crew:	19

Information and IRL picture courtesy of http://www.maritiman.se/en/the-fleet/cargo-ship-fryken, http://www.msfryken.se/, and http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Kusten-runt/Fartyg--batar/K-markning-av-fartyg/K-markta-fartyg/SDIE/.
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