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MS Silja Europa
Cruiseferry built in 1993 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MS Silja Europa is a cruiseferry constructed at Meyer Werft Germany for the Swedish ferry operator Rederi AB Slite, a part of Viking Line. At 59,914 gross tonnage (GT), she is the largest ship commissioned for and to ever operate for Tallink Silja, and is the tenth-largest cruiseferry in the world.
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Route | Charter |
Ordered | 6 October 1989 |
Builder | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany |
Yard number | 627 |
Laid down | 6 November 1991 |
Launched | 23 January 1993 |
Christened | 5 March 1993 |
Completed | 6 March 1993 |
Maiden voyage | 13 March 1993 |
In service | 1993–present |
Refit | (2014) Bridgeman (2016) Tallink |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruiseferry |
Tonnage | 59,914 GT |
Length | 203.03 m (666 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 34.6 m (113 ft 6 in) |
Height | 54 m (177 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
Decks | 14 |
Ice class | 1 A Super |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers |
Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
Capacity |
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Just before she was due for delivery, Slite entered economic difficulties and could no longer afford the ship, so Meyer Werft kept her and she was soon chartered to Viking Line's rival, Silja Line. She was put on the Helsinki–Stockholm route, replacing MS Silja Serenade which was put to the Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route, but the two ships swapped routes with each other again in 1995.