MS Victoria I
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 MS Victoria I arriving in Tallinn, May 2007. |
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| Career (Tallink) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Victoria I |
| Ordered: | 15. 10. 2002 |
| Builder: | Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland |
| Yard number: | 434 |
| Laid down: | 11. 3. 2003 |
| Launched: | 16. 10. 2003 |
| Christened: | 16. 10. 2003 |
| Acquired: | 9. 3. 2004 |
| In service: | 21. 3. 2004 |
| Homeport: | Tallinn,  Estonia |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 40975 GT |
| Displacement: | 4500 metric tons of deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 193,80 meters |
| Beam: | 29,00 meters |
| Draught: | 6,50 meters |
| Ice class: | 1 A Super |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 diesels combined 26240 kW |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
| Capacity: | 2500 passengers 2252 passenger beds 400 cars 1000 lanemeters |
| Notes: | Sister ship to MS Romantika |
MS Victoria I is a cruiseferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink on a route connecting Stockholm, Sweden to Tallinn, Estonia via Mariehamn, Finland. She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards, Rauma. Although the ship's official name is Victoria I, she is often referred to as Victoria, without the number. This is also the name displayed on top of her superstructure, whereas the name is written in full form in the hull.
Between 18 November and 20 November 2005 the Victoria I made two one-day cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn, the latter of which was a re-election campaign cruise for the Finnish president Tarja Halonen. The use of an Estonian-flagged ship by the president provoked protests from the Finnish Seamen's Union.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- MS Victoria I at Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish)
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