MS Viking 1

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Viking 1
Shipyard:	Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany
Delivered:	August 19th, 1970
Route:	Naantali — Mariehamn — Kapellskär
General characteristics
Tonnage:	4,239 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	108.68 m
Beam:	17.24 m
Propulsion:	5965.6 kW
Speed:	18.5 knots
Passengers:	1,200
Car capacity:	260
Ice class:	1 A

MS Viking 1 was a car and passenger ferry delivered to Rederi Ab Sally for use in Viking Line traffic between Naantali, Finland and Kapellskär, Sweden. She operated this route in Viking Line colours between 1970 and 1982.^[1]

The Viking 1 was later know by the names Wasa Express, Khalid 1, Mecca 1, Al Hussein II, Al-Quamar Al-Saudi Al-Misri 1, Mecca 1, Al-Quamar Al-Saudi II and Fagr. As the Fagr, the ship capsized in a storm in the Red sea on April 19th, 2000. The wreck was salvaged and scrapped in October 2002.^[1]

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