MV Norsel (1945)

Norsel during her service in support of the French Antarctic expeditions in the 1955–56 season
History
Name	Lyngdalsfjord (1945–49) Norsel (1949–92)
Owner	Kriegsmarine (1945) Nordfisk A/S (1949–79) Steinar Jakobsen (1979–89) Statens Fiskarbank (1989–90) Mathisen Fiskebåtrederi A/S (1990–91) Arktisk Marin A/S (1991–92)
Port of registry	Tromsø, Norway
Builder	Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted in Tønsberg, Norway
Yard number	122
Laid down	1944
Launched	10 April 1945
Completed	October 1949
Identification	IMO number: 5256616 Code letters: LDQJ
Fate	Wrecked south-west of Brønnøysund on 19 December 1992, and delivered for scrapping in February the following year
General characteristics
Type	Icebreaker/Sealer/shell trawler/purse seiner
Tonnage	592 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	50.3 metres (165 ft) overall
Beam	9 metres (30 ft)
Installed power	1,080 horsepower (1949–70) 1,200 horsepower (1970–79) 3,000 horsepower (1979–92)
Propulsion	1 MAN 6-cylinder diesel engine (1949–70) 1 MaK diesel engine (1970–79) 1 MaK diesel engine (1979–92)

MV Norsel was a Norwegian sealing ship home ported in Tromsø. Launched during the final weeks of the Second World War as Lyngdalsfjord and only completed in late 1949, the ship sailed in both Arctic and Antarctic waters for more than 53 years until shipwrecking off the coast of Norway in 1992.