Photos by Dag Nevestad

Picture taken with a 5m telescopic selfiie rod. LOSSEN steaming north through Tjomekjaela towards the home port of Larkollen on the Oslo fjord. She has recently been fitted out for marine archaeology surveys with one hull mounted sidescan sonar with DownVue, and towed sidescan sonar. She is also carrying two ROVs , one rated to 30m, and the other to 100 meters of depth. They carry additional cameras and lights.

HALTBAKK VIKING bunkering tanker, on her way from Lulea, SE, to Engene, NO,

MARJATA seen coming out from Horten Harbour, May 2017.

AIDA LUNA passenger cruising Svalbar Longyear Harbour

OCEAN NOVA passenger cruising Svalbard

OCEAN ADVENTURER ex SEA ADVENTURER passenger cruise at Longyearbyen

ISBJORNEN 2 in Longyearbyen Harbour Adventfjorden. I passed her on my way to Bjornoya Bear Island, to do some archaeological work at Nordhamna salvaging a Russian trappers grave, threatened by erosion.

GALAPAGOS DANCER ex SKY DANCER at anchor in Longyearbyen Harbour, Adventfjorden in 2015. I am passing her on my way to Bjornoya, Bear Island, to do an archaeological excavation of a Russian grave, threatened by erosion in Nordhamna.

BRENNHOLM at the Arendal ship festival-

GANN during the Arendal Week ship festival.

SANDNES in Arendal harbour during Arendal Week ship festival.

EVIAPETROL V off Horten, on her way to Lsndskrona, Sveden.

FAMITA in Grimstad Harbour, in ballast between cargoes.

FAMITA in Grimstad Harbour, in ballast.

LANCE is a research vessel, run by the Norwegian Polar Institute and Norwegian Mapping Authorities. She is here seen landing supplies at Bear Island in the Barerts Sea, by the helicopter

GYLTINGEN at Gullholmen, Oslo fjord, going north in ice slurry on a cold January day.

COLOR FANTASY sailing out the Oslo fjord at dusk, on her way to Kiel.

EVIAPETROL coming up the Oslo fjord at dusk, on her way from Santander to Oslo

BIT OKTANIA passing Vealos by Horten, on her way from Oslo to Goteborg.

JSP CARLA backing into Moss Harbour South

LOSSEN is a Fisher 25 here launched in Son after a major upgrading in 2019. New davits, RIB, radar, autopilot, and navigation system. She is equipped with sidescan sonars, and ROV, for marine archaeological surveys. Photo Dag Nevestad

Pleasure craft and research vessel LOSSEN named after the Frigate Lossen The Lynx a fast sailing frigate in the Danish-Norwegian fleet. She was wrecked at Hvaler in the Oslo fjord, Christmas eve 1717, in a hurricane, The wreck was excavate 1968, by Norwegian Maritime Museum, as the first Norwegian marine archaeological excavation, in which the present owner participated. The new LOSSEN is equipped with sidesan sonars , underwater cameras and ROV, and used in marine archaeological surveys.

PERLEN arriving at Jomfruland harbour, from Kragero.

COLOR CARRIER off Refsnes at Jeloya peninsula, Oslo fjord. On her way from Kiel to Oslo

HYDROGRAF in Moss Harbour North

SYMPHONY SPIRIT loading cable drums in Moss Harbour North, by the floating crane named TAKLIFT.

MARINUS on her way from Oslo to Goteborg

Bergensfjord on her way from Hirtshals to Langesund

Aida Bella leaving Oslo harbour for Copehagen.

CARLA on her way from Merdijk in the Netherlands to Oslo on a cold winter evening

STENA SAGA off Horten Oslo to Fredrikshavn by night Dag Nævestad

SYMPHONY SPIRIT in Moss Harbour North.

REGAL PRINCESS, off Tofte, voyage Copenhagen to Oslo. Bon voyage

MAGELLAN, off Horten, voyage Oslo to Kristiansand PhotoDag Naevestad

NBP VOYAGER, off Horten, voyage Casablanca to Oslo.

LINK STAR, off Tofte , voyage Karmøy to Oslo adj mtraff Photo Dag Naevestad

ELBSAILOR, off Horten, voyage Antwerpen to Oslo PhotoDag Nævestad

NATALI in Moss harbour north unloading cable drums for offshore indusries at Aker Solutions works.

NATALI in Moss harbour north unloading cable drums for offshore industries at Aker Solutions works.

NORNE, off Tofte, voyage Breiviken by Tau, Rogaland, to Oslo.

AUTORACER vehicle carrier,off Horten, voyage Zeebrugge to Drammen. PhotoDag Nævestad

NORJARL, off Horten, voyage Stavanger to Langoya with toxic waste.

REGAL PRINCESS, off Tofte, voyage Copenhagen to Oslo. Crew 1346, passengers 3560.

STENA SAGA, off Horten, on the Fredrikshavn to Oslo run, in the early morning light.

Rotterdam, off Horten, voyage Oslo to Rotterdam.

SYMPHONY SUN in Moss harbour north.

SIEGBURG M1098, German Navy vessel, on a voyage from Kiel to Oslo. She is vessel 5 from the head in a convoy of 7 ships PEGNITZ M1090, SEEHUND 08, SEEHUND 16, SEEHUND 03, SIEGBURG M1098, SEEHUND 09, SEEHUND 06.

PEGNITZ M1090, German Navy vessel, on a voyage from Kiel to Oslo. She is lead vessel in a convoy of 7 ships PEGNITZ M1090, SEEHUND 08, SEEHUND 16, SEEHUND 03, SIEGBURG M1098, SEEHUND 09, SEEHUND 06.

FALKBRIS sailing up the fjord in twilight.

EEVA VG, off Horten, voyage Oslo to Goteborg.