Port of registry 1949–1970 Oslo. Fate Sank 20 July 1970 Launched 1949 Draft 7.65 m | Identification IMO 5266221 Tonnage 16,844 GRT Length 166 m Beam 22 m | |
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Name 1949–1969 Oslofjord
1969 onwards Fulvia Operator 1949–1967 Norwegian America Line
1967–1968 Greek Line
1968–1970 Costa Crociere Builder Netherlands Shipbuilding Company | ||
MS Oslofjord was a combined ocean liner/cruise ship built in 1949 by Netherlands Shipbuilding Company in Amsterdam, Netherlands for Norwegian America Line. As built she was 16,844 gross register tons, and could carry 620 passengers.
In an incident that made international news, in January of 1957, while in drydock in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, the MS Oslofjord tipped over and crashed against another ship. Eight crew members were injured and two were hospitalized. Two-hundred other crew members were trapped inside the ship for more than an hour before being rescued.
In 1967–1968 she was chartered to Greek Line and from 1968 onwards to Costa Crociere, who renamed her MS Fulvia in 1969. Following an explosion in the engine room, the Fulvia caught fire near the Canary Isles on 19 July 1970, and had to be evacuated. She sank on 20 July 1970 while being towed to Tenerife.