MS Aallotar
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MS Aallotar was a car-passenger ferry built in 1972 by Dubegion-Normandie S.A., Nantes, France for the Finland Steamship Company, who used her in traffic of the Silja Line marketing company. She was the first car/passenger ferry to operate between Helsinki and Stockholm, and the first ship to offer year-round service. She was later known under the names MS Rogalin, MS Edda and MS Celtic Pride. She was scrapped in 2004 in Aliağa, Turkey.
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Rogalin at Travemünde in August 1982 | |
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Owner |
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Builder | Dubegion-Normandie S.A., Nantes, France |
Launched | 23 July 1971 |
Completed | 1972 |
Maiden voyage | 1972 |
In service | 1972 |
Out of service | 2003 |
Identification | IMO number: 7114941 |
Fate | Scrapped in 2003 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 126.79 m (416 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 19.54 m (64 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in) |
Ice class | 1 A |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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