Kong Haakon VII

At 109,422 gross tons, Kong Haakon VII is the 2,746th largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 18 times the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.

Among the 58,086 vessels this registry holds no type classification for held here, it ranks 1,480th by tonnage — larger than 97% of that group. Their median tonnage is 5,358 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 54,309 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Panama (5,698 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is HD Hyundai Mipo, with 615 hulls on record.

Norway is the country of registry for 3,032 vessels in this directory, of which Kong Haakon VII is the 52nd largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (2,126 ships), and the median vessel measures 3,102 GT. Browse every ship flagged Norway.

Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 2,126 vessels this registry holds no type classification for flying the Norway flag, of which 43 are larger by tonnage.

Kong Haakon VII was built in 1969, making it 57 years old. It is one of 814 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 992 GT; within it this ship is the 4th largest. Across the whole of the 1960s the registry holds 4,074 vessels, median 844 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.

The registry attributes 27 vessels to Aker Solutions Stord, with a median tonnage of 39,084 GT, delivered between 1947 and 2010. See the rest of that yard’s output.

At 327.7 m overall, Kong Haakon VII is 212.7 m longer than the 115.0 m median for vessels this registry holds no type classification for on record and a draft of 26.0 m.

IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 6921672 this registry holds 11 other vessels, whose median build year is 1969 and which range from 1966 to 1970. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 1969.

Its IMO number, 6921672, carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — 6×7 + 9×6 + 2×5 + 1×4 + 6×3 + 7×2 = 142 — and the last digit of that total, 2, must equal the seventh digit, 2. It does, so this number is well formed.