MS Victoria I arriving in Tallinn, May 2007. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Victoria I |
| Owner: | Tallink |
| Operator: | Tallink |
| Port of registry: | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Ordered: | 2002-10-15 |
| Builder: | Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland |
| Yard number: | 434 |
| Laid down: | 2003-03-11 |
| Launched: | 2003-10-16 |
| Christened: | 2003-10-16 |
| Acquired: | 2004-03-09 |
| In service: | 2004-03-21 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9281281 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 40975 GT |
| Displacement: | 4,500 metric tons 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 26,240 kW (35,190 hp) |
| Speed: | 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,500 passengers 2,252 passenger beds 400 cars 1,000 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.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Victoria_I_(ship,_2003) Victoria I (ship, 2003)] at Wikimedia Commons
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