HIDDEBORG
| ENI number: | 02340910 |
|---|---|
| Call sign: | PA5839 |
| MMSI number: | 244000369 |
| Flag: | Netherlands |
| Port of registry: | Ameland |
| Registered owner: | Wagenborg Sneldienst B.V., Delfzijl |
| Commercial manager: | Wagenborg Sneldienst B.V., Delfzijl |
| Shipyard: | Next Generation Shipyards B.V., Lauwersoog / NGS044 |
| Keel laid: | 10-05-2024 |
| Launch date: | 00-12-2025 |
| Seatrail date(s): | 11-12-2025 |
| Delivery date: | 07-01-2026 |
| In service: | 19-01-2026 |
| Route: | Holwerd-Nes / Lauwersoog-Schiermonnikoog |
| Length overall: | 22.82 M |
| Beam: | 6.09 M |
| Depth: | 0.80 M |
| Passengers: | 75 |
| Main engine: | 3x Volvo Penta D8-Stage V |
| Power: | 894 kW |
| Speed in knots: | 20 |
Ship history & data
Ship history data | |
2026: HIDDEBORG PA5839Ameland / Netherlands (07-01-2026) | Owner: Wagenborg Sneldienst B.V., Delfzijl Manager: Wagenborg Sneldienst B.V., Delfzijl |
Additional info | |
| Design: | NG Transporter |
| 10-05-2024: | Keel laid at Next Generation Shipyards B.V., Lauwersoog. Construction officially began with the symbolic placing of a coin by regular travellers Marin Visser and Arjan Iemhoff. |
| 12-05-2025: | Order officially issued. |
| 00-12-2025: | Launched. |
| 11-12-2025: | Sea trials on the Wadden Sea from Lauwersoog as “WADDENFERRY”. |
| 23-12-2025: | Sea trials on the Wadden Sea. |
| 07-01-2026: | Christined “HIDDEBORG” by Mrs. Afke Boven (Amelander journalist and TV presenter) and delivered at NG Shipyards B.V. in Lauwersoog. The ship is named after Hidde Dirks Kat (1747–1824), the renowned whaling commander from Hollum on Ameland who survived the disastrous Arctic expedition of 1777, when his ship was crushed by ice off Greenland. Together with a handful of crew he reached the Greenland coast on foot and was rescued by the local Inuit population. Kat later described these events in his famous diary, which became one of the most remarkable survival accounts in Dutch maritime history. |
| 08-01-2026: | First arrival on Ameland. |
| 19-01-2026: | In service Lauwersoog-Schiermonnikoog as replacement for the “ESONBORG” which is at the shipyard. |
| 16-02-2026: | After one return trip to Schiermonnikoog, back in Lauwersoog, replaced by “ESONBORG” and moored at Next Generation Shipyards B.V. |
| 19-02-2026: | Departed from Lauwersoog to Ameland. |
| 20-02-2026: | In service Holwerd-Ameland. |
Latest data adjustment: 20-02-2026
