Kristina Katarina in Helsinki South Harbour |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MS Kristina Katarina |
| Operator: | Kristina Cruises |
| Port of registry: | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Builder: | Stocznia Szczecińska (Poland) |
| Maiden voyage: | April 1982 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7625811 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 12,700 GRT[1] |
| Length: | 138 m (453 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 22 m (72 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 5.6 m (18.4 ft)[1] |
| Decks: | 9 total, 6 passenger decks[1] |
| Installed power: | 12,800kW |
| Propulsion: | Two fixed propellers |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1] |
| Capacity: | 450 passengers[1] |
| Crew: | 90–100[1] |
MS Kristina Katarina is a cruise ship operated by Finnish shipping company Kristina Cruises. She operated as Konstantin Simonov in the Baltic sea from construction, undergoing a refit in 1988. From 1996 to 2001, the ship operated as Francesca in the Mediterranean sea. Until 2010, the ship was owned by Israeli Mano Cruise (after a refit in 2001) and operated in the eastern Mediterranean sea under the name The Iris, during which time it was registered in Malta. The ship was refitted again and joined Kristina Cruises in late 2010, taking over as flagship from the much smaller Kristina Regina.[2][3][4]