- MV
Hrossey is a
NorthLink Ferries vehicle and p****enger
ferry based in Aberdeen.
Along with her
sister ship, the MV Hjaltland, she
operates a
daily ferry...
- MV Hamnavoe, on the
Pentland Firth route, 112 m long MV Hjaltland and MV
Hrossey,
sister ships, on the
Aberdeen to
Lerwick via
Kirkwall route, 125 m long...
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called Orkan. The
Norse knew Mainland,
Orkney as
Megenland "Mainland" or as
Hrossey "Horse Island". The
island is
sometimes referred to as
Pomona (or Pomonia)...
- (after the old name for Stromness), and MV
Hjaltland (Shetland) and MV
Hrossey ('horse island', an old name for Mainland, Orkney). The Yell
Sound Ferry...
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corruption of the Old
Norse Meginland.
Formerly the
island was also
known as
Hrossey meaning 'horse island'. The
island is
sometimes referred to as
Pomona (or...
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nautical miles (20 km) east of the
Pentland Skerries by the
NorthLink ferry Hrossey,
which was
sailing from
Shetland to Aberdeen. Only the bow was visible...
- the
third vessel in Aker's
build sequence,
after MV Hjaltland and the MV
Hrossey, and was
completed in
October 2002. However, due to
delays in the building...
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meaning "seal islands". An
alternative name for
Orkney is
recorded in 1300—
Hrossey,
meaning "horse isle" and this may also
contain a
Pictish element of ros...
-
Scotland to
Orkney and Shetland. MV
Hjaltland and her
sister ship, MV
Hrossey, were
constructed in 2002 at Aker
Finnyards in Finland. MV
Hjaltland carries...
- for
NorthLink Ferries Haroy, in 2006 Hjaltland, in 2001 for
NorthLink Hrossey, in 2001 for
NorthLink Île de Groix, in 2008 for the
Morbihan département...
