MS Scandinavia in Gdansk
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Owner: | Bute Maritime |
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Builder: | Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden |
Yard number: | 278 |
Identification: | Call sign: 5BGR4 IMO number: 7826788 MMSI number: 209077000 |
Status: | In service |
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Class and type: | Visby class cruiseferry |
Tonnage: | 23,842 GRT |
Length: | 146.10 m (479 ft 4 in) |
Beam: | 25.90 m (85 ft 0 in) |
Draught: | 5.71 m (18 ft 9 in) |
Installed power: | 4 × B&W 8K45 GUC diesels |
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Speed: | 18 kn (33.34 km/h; 20.71 mph) |
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The Scandinavia was a cruiseferry owned and operated by Polish shipping company Polferries. The vessel sailed overnight between the Polish city of Gdańsk and Nynäshamn in Sweden. The Scandinavia is the first of two sister ships built. The second vessel currently operates for SNAV as the SNAV Toscana.
The Scandinavia was launched in January 1980 as the Visby for Rederi AB Gotland. She was the first of two identical ships built by Öresundsvarvet in Landskrona.
The Visby entered service between Gotland and the Swedish mainland ports of Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn. In 1987 the contract to run ferry services to Gotland was awarded to Gotlandslinjen. The Visby was charted to the new operator until replaced by the Nord Gotlandia in 1990.
In 1990 the Visby was chartered to United Kingdom based ferry operator Sealink British Ferries for service between Fishguard and Rosslare. Following a major refit in Tilbury the vessel entered service in March 1990 as the Felicity. She remained the largest ferry on the Irish Sea until the arrival of the Isle of Innisfree in 1995. The Felicity was renamed Stena Felicity in 1991 following the acquisition of Sealink British Ferries by Stena Line.