Lodbrog is a cable-laying ship that was built as a freight ferry. She was built in 1983 as Siegelberg and completed in 1985 for Romanian owners as Tuzla. In 1996 she was renamed Bolero. The ship was renamed Lodbrog after conversion to a cable layer in 2001.
Description
As built, the ship was 140.14 m long, with a beam of 21.01 m and a depth of 6.45 m. She tonnages were and. The ship was powered by two 12-cylinder Halberstadt diesel engines of 10600 kW, which can propel the ship at 14.5 kn. The ship had 1084 m lane capacity and could carry 12 passengers.
History
The ship was built as yard number 154 by VEB Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was launched on 29 November 1983 as Siegelberg and then laid up unfinished. In 1985, she was completed as Tuzla for Compania de Navigatie Romline, Constanța, Romania. The IMO number 8306591 was allocated. She served in the Black Sea. on 12 May 1990, Tuzla was involved in a collision with the Soviet ship MV Andrey Kizhevatov. In 1993, she was placed under the Cypriot flag, with Limassol as her port of registry. She was placed back under the Romanian flag in 1995.[1]