Brahe
ClassCruise Ship | Flag state- |
Maiden Voyage Date1943 | Cruise Age82 |
Cruise LineSaimaan Matkaverkko Ltd | Category- |
Ship statistics
Gross Tonnage- | Deck Levels- | Crew-to-Passenger Ratio- |
Length56.8m | Decks with cabins- | Passengers-to-space ratio- |
Width10.08m | Cabins- | Ice Class- |
Passengers- | Displacement- | Inflatable boat- |
Current position
Call signLEJP | Draught of a vessel3.2 | Bow heading511 |
IMO5345065 | Lat59°46'45.6"N | Lon5°30'07.1"E |
MMSI259167000 | Nav statusMoored | |
Introduction to the cruise
History
Name: Kilchrenan
Builder: Pullman-Standard Car Company, Chicago, Illinois
Laid down: 24 December 1942
Launched: 13 June 1943
Commissioned: 31 August 1943
Stricken: 1947
Identification
IMO number: 5345065
MMSI number: 259167000
Callsign: LEJP
Fate
Returned to U.S. Navy custody, December 1946
Sold to Norway, 1947
Status: in active service, as of 2010[update]
General characteristics as PCE[1]
Class and type: PCE-842-class patrol craft
Displacement: 640 long tons (650 t)
Length: 180 ft 6 in (55.02 m)
Beam: 33 ft (10 m)
Draft: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Propulsion
2 × 1,800 bhp (1,342 kW) General Motors 12-567A diesel engines
Falk single reduction gear
2 shafts
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 100
Armament
1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
3 × 40 mm guns
5 × 20 mm guns
2 × Depth charge tracks
4 × Depth charge projectors
2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars
General characteristics as cruise ship[2]
Tonnage: 1,105 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in)
Beam: 10.08 m (33 ft 1 in)
Draft: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Decks: 4
Propulsion: 2 × Caterpillar, 1,275 kW (1,710 hp)
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) cruising
14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) maximum
Capacity: 45 passenger cabins
Crew: 18
USS PCE-830 was a U.S.-built Patrol Craft Escort (PCE) vessel launched on 13 June 1943 by the Pullman-Standard Car Company of Chicago, Illinois. It was transferred to the Royal Navy and given the name HMS Kilchrenan in August 1943. As of 2020 it operates as the cruise ship MS Sunnhordland in Norway.
Service history
World War II, 1943–1946
A sister-ship, PCE-872
Kilchrenan spent the Second World War based at Gibraltar patrolling west Africa and taking part in convoys. Returned to U.S. Navy custody in December 1946, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1947.
In commercial service, 1947–present
She was purchased by Norwegian Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap (HSD) in 1947, rebuilt as a passenger ship and given the name Sunnhordland. She ran for several years in western Norway.
The ship was sold to Finland in 1974 as Kristina Brahe and until 2010 operated as a passenger ship by Kristina Cruises of Kotka, Finland, making short cruises in the Baltic Sea and Lake Saimaa. The Kristina Brahe was sold to Saimaan Matkaverkko Ltd in August 2010. Her name was shortened to simply Brahe. In 2015 she was sold again, and brought back to western Norway where she operates as a cruise ship. Her name was changed back to Sundhordland.
Name: Kilchrenan
Builder: Pullman-Standard Car Company, Chicago, Illinois
Laid down: 24 December 1942
Launched: 13 June 1943
Commissioned: 31 August 1943
Stricken: 1947
Identification
IMO number: 5345065
MMSI number: 259167000
Callsign: LEJP
Fate
Returned to U.S. Navy custody, December 1946
Sold to Norway, 1947
Status: in active service, as of 2010[update]
General characteristics as PCE[1]
Class and type: PCE-842-class patrol craft
Displacement: 640 long tons (650 t)
Length: 180 ft 6 in (55.02 m)
Beam: 33 ft (10 m)
Draft: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Propulsion
2 × 1,800 bhp (1,342 kW) General Motors 12-567A diesel engines
Falk single reduction gear
2 shafts
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 100
Armament
1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
3 × 40 mm guns
5 × 20 mm guns
2 × Depth charge tracks
4 × Depth charge projectors
2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars
General characteristics as cruise ship[2]
Tonnage: 1,105 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in)
Beam: 10.08 m (33 ft 1 in)
Draft: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Decks: 4
Propulsion: 2 × Caterpillar, 1,275 kW (1,710 hp)
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) cruising
14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) maximum
Capacity: 45 passenger cabins
Crew: 18
USS PCE-830 was a U.S.-built Patrol Craft Escort (PCE) vessel launched on 13 June 1943 by the Pullman-Standard Car Company of Chicago, Illinois. It was transferred to the Royal Navy and given the name HMS Kilchrenan in August 1943. As of 2020 it operates as the cruise ship MS Sunnhordland in Norway.
Service history
World War II, 1943–1946
A sister-ship, PCE-872
Kilchrenan spent the Second World War based at Gibraltar patrolling west Africa and taking part in convoys. Returned to U.S. Navy custody in December 1946, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1947.
In commercial service, 1947–present
She was purchased by Norwegian Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap (HSD) in 1947, rebuilt as a passenger ship and given the name Sunnhordland. She ran for several years in western Norway.
The ship was sold to Finland in 1974 as Kristina Brahe and until 2010 operated as a passenger ship by Kristina Cruises of Kotka, Finland, making short cruises in the Baltic Sea and Lake Saimaa. The Kristina Brahe was sold to Saimaan Matkaverkko Ltd in August 2010. Her name was shortened to simply Brahe. In 2015 she was sold again, and brought back to western Norway where she operates as a cruise ship. Her name was changed back to Sundhordland.