M/S Isabella
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M/S Isabella is a cruiseferry, built in 1989 by Brodogradiliste Split in Yugoslavia. She currently serves on the Turku - Mariehamn/Långnäs - Stockholm route of Viking Line.
Isabella is the younger sister of M/S Amorella, and was delivered in 1989 to SF Line, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She was originally planned to replace M/S Rosella on the Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route, but the authorities of Kapellskär failed to modernise the port of the town to accommodate a ship of such large size. As a result, when delivered the ship was placed on a new Naantali - Stockholm route for summer season, and 24 hour cruises from Helsinki for the rest of the year.
In spring 1992 the ship was rebuilt at Naantali with a new skybar on deck 11 and her livery was slightly altered. After the 1992 summer season SF Line decided to terminate the Naantali - Stockholm service and Isabella was placed on the Helsinki cruise route all year round. In 1993 she made a handful of cruises from Helsinki to Visby. After the 1994 summer season Isabella svapped routes with M/S Cinderella and served Helsinki - Stockholm for the next three years. During the summer of 1996, instead of spending the day in Helsinki she made short 'picnic' cruises to Tallinn.
In 1997 Viking Line placed Isabella's newly-purchased sister M/S Gabriella on the Helsinki - Stockholm route and Isabella joined her sister Amorella on the Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm route, although she has occasionally sailed on the Helsinki route when the normal ships of that route have been docked. Isabella was rebuilt with rearsponsons in 2000.
[edit] Decks
- Engine room
- C and economy-class cabins
- Cardeck
- Cardeck (hydraulic platform that can be lowered to divide the car deck in two giving space for two layers of passenger cars)
- A- and B-class cabins
- Sauna, hot tubs, swimming pool, A- and B-class cabins
- Sea Side Café & Internet, "Air seats", children's playroom, information desk, boarding, Tax-Free shop, Pearl Beauty Shop, B-class cabins, crew accommodations
- Viking Buffet, Pub, Food Garden and BBQ House restaurants, cinema, Fun Club, Casino
- Disco, luxury cabins, suites, crew accommodations, sundeck
- Conference rooms, disco, crew accommodations
- Crew accommodations, skybar, sundeck
- Bridge
[edit] Specifications
- Passengers: 2 450
- Year Built: 1989
- Car capacity: 364
- Length: 170.9 m
- Width: 27.6 m
- Max speed: 21.5 knots
- Ice class 1A Super
- Sister ships: M/S Amorella, M/S Gabriella, M/S Crown of Scandinavia
