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MV Boudicca
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"Royal Viking Sky" redirects here. Not to be confused with MV Viking Sky.
MV Boudicca (also known as Royal Viking Sky, Sunward, Birka Queen, Golden Princess, SuperStar Capricorn, Hyundai Keumgang, and Grand Latino) was a Royal Viking Star-class cruise ship that last served as accommodation vessel at Pendik, near Tuzla Shipyard. She was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland as Royal Viking Sky for Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskap, Trondheim, which placed the ship in Royal Viking Line service. In May 2021 the ship was beached in Aliağa, Turkey, for scrapping.
Quick Facts History, General characteristics (as built in 1973) ...
![]() Boudicca in 2018 | |
History | |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland[1] |
Cost | $22.5 million[7] |
Yard number | 396[1] |
Launched | 25 May 1972[1] |
Christened | Mrs Vesla Darre Hirsch[8] |
Acquired | 5 June 1973[1] |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped 2021 |
General characteristics (as built in 1973)[1] | |
Class and type | Royal Viking Star-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 177.70 m (583 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 25.19 m (82 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 7.00 m (23 ft 0 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 propellers[9] |
Speed | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
Capacity | 536 passengers |
Crew | 324[10] |
General characteristics (as rebuilt, 2005)[6] | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 206.96 m (679.0 ft) |
Beam | 25.22 m (82 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 7.55 m (24 ft 9 in) |
Depth | 13.67 m (44 ft 10 in) |
Decks | 8 (passenger accessible)[7] |
Installed power | |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[1] |
Capacity | 900 passengers[7] |
Crew | 320[7] |
Notes | Otherwise the same as built |
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