The Kleven yard at Ulsteinvik in Norway has delivered Denmark’s biggest fishing vessel, which is today on display in Skagen.
The new Gitte Henning S-349, the latest in a long series of pelagic vessels to carry the name, has been built for Henning Kjeldsen and is designed by Salt Ship Design.
Gitte Henning has been completed at Kleven on a hull built at the Crist yard in Poland and measures 90.45 metres overall, with a moulded breadth of 17.80 metres and a 3600 cubic metre carrying capacity in its RSW tanks. MMC delivered the 3x1300kW RSWsystem, the 2 x 4.2 cubic metre vacuum system, the water separator and the ozone system. Karmøy Winch delivered the deck equipment.
There is a long history of fishing vessels with the Gitte Henning name, and the new pelagic vessel replaces a Norwegian-built former Icelandic pelagic vessel with the same name that was acquired in a swap when the last vessel built for Henning Kjeldsen was went to Icelandic operator Síldarvinnslan after having been on operation for little more than a year.
Gitte Henning is open for viewing in Skagen today from 1300 to 1600, alongside the company’s other vessels Lasse S-47 and Frida Amalie S-549.
