Inger Klein Thorhauge is a Faroese
cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours k ...
captain for
Cunard Lines. When she was named Captain of
MS ''Queen Victoria'' in 2010, she became the first female captain of a large cruise ship in history. She has since become captain of
MS ''Queen Elizabeth'', and in 2022 was named as the first captain of
MS ''Queen Anne''.
Maritime career
Inger Klein Thorhauge's father worked in the Faroe Island's fishing fleet as an engineer.
Her first sea going position was at the age of 16 when she worked as a stewardess on cargo ships during her school holidays. Thorhauge soon sought to pursue working on ships as a career, but not in the role she had already experienced.
After undertaking training in Copenhagen for
DFDS Seaways
DFDS Seaways is a Danish shipping company that operates passenger and freight services across northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions (DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco) in ...
,
she had the intention that she would work in the industry for several years before starting a family.
After obtaining her Master's Licence in 1994,
she became interested in working in the
cruise industry, joining
Cunard Lines as a deck officer in 1997. Over the next 13 years, she worked her way up through the ranks.
In 2010, she was named as the Captain of
Cunard Lines'
MS ''Queen Victoria''. This was the first time a woman had been made captain of a Cunard Lines vessel.
She was subsequently made Captain of the
MS ''Queen Elizabeth'' in 2011.
Since 2022, Thorhauge has been working on the build of
MS ''Queen Anne'' as the new ship's first Captain.
When not at sea, Thorhauge lives in
Svendborg
Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,616 (1 January 2025), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.[Southern Denmark
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References
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Living people
Sea captains
Female sailors
People from Svendborg
Faroese women
20th-century Faroese people
21st-century Faroese people
Year of birth missing (living people)