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''Stjernen'' (''The Star'') is the present boat used by the King of Norway for short sea transport on official occasions. The pine boat was designed by Richard Gustav Furuholmen and built in 1935 by Anker og Jensen in Asker for merchant Nicolay Eger who named her ''Estrella''. She was originally powered by a 75 hp Penta P62 but is now powered by a 320 hp Volvo Penta motor. ''Estrella'' was confiscated by the Germans during the German occupation of Norway and was at the disposal of Reichkommisar Josef Terboven. King Haakon VII of Norway had been promised a Royal Yacht when he accepted the Norwegian throne in 1905, but this would not come through until 1947 when he was given the HNoMY ''Norge''. In 1945 the Royal Court therefore acquired ''Estrella'' and named her ''Stjernen'' after the previous ''Stjernen I'' which had also been confiscated by the Germans but was returned as a wreck. The present ''Stjernen'' is still in use by the King and his family and, like ''Norge'', ''Stjernen'' is manned by a crew from the Royal Norwegian Navy. The crew consist of three seamen and one junior officer who live aboard 14 days at a time. The names of the two ''Stjernen''s are somewhat complexe. From 1899 to 1940 the original ''Stjernen'' was named just ''Stjernen''. In 1945 this boat was no longer operational and was no longer called ''Stjernen''. This freed up the name for the present ''Stjernen'' which is also simply named ''Stjernen''. When the old ''Stjernen'' was restored she was renamed ''Stjernen I'' and is also called ''Stjernen av 1899''. == Sources == *(【引用サイトリンク】title=A picture of the nameplate on the boat ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title=Article from Risør Wood boat festival ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview with the boat's commander on a classic motor boat forum ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title=Plans of the boat are available from the Norwegian Maritime Museum ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title=A short biography on Furuholmen ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title=An article on a model of the boat ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stjernen (II)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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