MS Estonia
Cruiseferry sunk in the Baltic Sea in 1994 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the ship itself. For the disaster, see sinking of the MS Estonia. For the Russian American Line vessel operating from 1912 to 1949, see SS Czar.
MS Estonia was a cruiseferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany. She was employed on ferry routes between Finland and Sweden by various companies (first Viking Line, then EffJohn) until 1993, when she was sold to Nordström & Thulin for use on Estline's Tallinn–Stockholm route. The ship's sinking on 28 September 1994, in the Baltic Sea between Sweden, Finland and Estonia, was one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters of the 20th century, claiming 852 lives.
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History | |
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Namesake | Estonia (as Estonia) |
Owner |
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Port of registry | |
Ordered | 11 September 1979 |
Builder | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany |
Yard number | 590 |
Laid down | 18 October 1979 |
Launched | 26 April 1980 |
Completed | 27 April 1980 |
Acquired | 29 June 1980 |
In service | 5 July 1980 |
Identification |
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Fate | Capsized and sank on 28 September 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruiseferry |
Tonnage | |
Length |
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Beam | 24.21 m (79 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 5.60 m (18 ft 4 in) |
Decks | 9 |
Ice class | 1 A |
Installed power |
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Speed | 21.1 knots (39.1 km/h; 24.3 mph) |
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