Lodbrog is a  GT 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 long, with a beam of and a depth of . She tonnages were  GT and  NT. The ship was powered by two 12-cylinder Halberstadt diesel engines of , which can propel the ship at . The ship had 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 . 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.
From 28 April 1996, "Tuzla" was chartered by Seatruck Ferries and renamed "Bolero". She was one of the first two ferries chartered by Seatruck. "Bolero" was employed on the Heysham–Warrenpoint route. On 14 May 1997, she was chartered by Argoman and employed on the Harwich–Cuxhaven–Åbo route until the charter ended on 28 May 1997. Between June and August 1997, "Bolero" was chartered by Estline and employed on the Stockholm–Tallinn route. In September 1997 she was chartered to Norfolk Line and employed on the Felixstowe–Scheveningen route.
On 16 October 2000, "Bolero" was sold to Alcatel Submarine Networks Marine, Copenhagen, Denmark, and was renamed "Lodbrog". She was laid up in Leirvik, Norway. In 2001 she was rebuilt as a cable-laying ship by Remontowa, Gdańsk, Poland. The rebuilt resulted in her being assessed as  GT,  NT. She is now powered by two SKL Magdeburg diesel engines of each.
In October 2024, along with the British cruise ship MS Queen Elizabeth, the "Lodbrog" responded to the mayday and eventual sinking of the Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui.
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