MV True North

[[File:MV True North.jpg]]

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|Ship image=[[Image:MV True North.jpg|300px|MV True North anchored off [[Eyre Peninsula]] in South Australia. January 2008. Photo:Roderick Eime]]
|Ship caption=MV ''True North'' anchored off [[Eyre Peninsula]] in South Australia.
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|Ship name='''MV ''True North'''''
|Ship owner=North Star Cruises
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|Ship registry={{flag|Australia|civil}}
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|Ship builder=[[Austal]] shipyards in [[Fremantle]], [[Western Australia]]
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|Ship acquired= March 2005
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|Ship class=[[Yacht|Expedition yacht]]
|Ship tonnage=740 GRT
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|Ship length=50 m (over all)
|Ship beam=10 m
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|Ship draft=2.2 m
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|Ship speed=14 knots
|Ship capacity=36 passengers
|Ship crew=18 crew
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'''MV True North''' is an expedition yacht operating predominantly in [[Western Australia]]'s [[North West Australia|north west]].

Each year, she does one circumnavigation of Australia offering exclusive, luxury expeditions in [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Cape York Peninsula|Cape York]], [[Great Barrier Reef]], [[Sydney]] and, from 2008, [[South Australia]].

She was built at [[Austal]] shipyards in [[Fremantle]], [[Western Australia]], and delivered to its owners, [[Broome]]-based North Star Cruises, in March 2005.

== External links ==
*[http://www.northstarcruises.com.au North Star Cruises]
*[http://monolith.com.au/west-coast-explorer/ North Star Shines in the West] Account of True North Voyage

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[[Category:ACTIVE ships of Australia]]
[[Category:Passenger ships of Australia]]
[[Category:Expedition cruising]]