MS Norcape
ship · built 1979
In short
MS Norcape (ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- ship
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1979
- Gross tonnage
- 14,087
- Size (length × beam)
- 150 m
- Registered owner
- —
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Last reported position
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- Name
- MS Norcape
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 7716086
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 14,087
- Length overall
- 150 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1979
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Ownership & management
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- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Incidents & investigations Authority-reported
Accident and incident reports by national investigation boards, and casualty warnings, that concern this ship. Each links to the original.
- Occurred Nov 26, 2011merchant-vessel-100-gross-tons-or-overUK MAIB investigation reports (index)Operating in and around the Firth of Clyde and Troon Harbour, Scotland
Series of accidents including windlass damage, grounding and 1 person injured on ro-ro cargo ferry NorcapeReport published Feb 29, 2016
Location: Operating in and around the Firth of Clyde and Troon Harbour, Scotland.
Source: UK MAIB investigation reports (index). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
About MS Norcape
MS Norcape was a ro-ro freight vessel built for the British ferry company P&O Ferries. She was built in 1979 by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Japan as Puma. Later that year, she was renamed Tipperary and began service with B&I Line, operating between Liverpool and Dublin. After 10 years she was transferred to P&O North Sea Ferries and renamed as Norcape. She was laid up in Liverpool in 2010 before going to refit and transferring to the Larne Troon route. She was sold for scrap following a grounding in Troon and cut up in Aliağa, Turkey.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is MS Norcape now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for MS Norcape in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is MS Norcape?
- MS Norcape is a ship, built in 1979 by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding. The vessel is 150 m long and has a gross tonnage of 14,087.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for MS Norcape?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for MS Norcape from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for MS Norcape. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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