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M/S Estonia
English: M/S Estonia
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Disaster on 28 September 1994Final report on the MV ESTONIA disaster of 28 September 1994 |
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| current | 16:27, 6 July 2010 | | 919 × 491 (249 KB) | Admin (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=M/S Estonia</br>{{no|'''MS «Estonia»''' * var en stor og moderne bilferge bygd i 1979 av verftet Jos. L. Meyer i Papenburg i Tyskland. Den 28. september 1994 sank det i Østersjøen, og 852 mennesker mistet livet.}}</br> {{en|'''M/S Estonia''' *Built by: Jos. L. Meyer at Papenburg in Germany *Contract signed: 11 September 1979 between the yard and Rederiaktiebolaget Sally *Yard number: S.590 *Keel laid: 18 October 1979 *Built to the rules of Bureau Veritas with class notation “I 3/3 E + Passenger Ferry Deep Sea Ice 1A (Aut)”. *First name: '''VIKING SALLY''' and delivered on 29 June 1980 to Finnish company Rederiaktiebolaget Sally, one of three companies which together formed the marketing consortium “Viking Line” *Bought in 1986 by the Finnish/Swedish group Effjohn, owners of the competing Silja Line. Continued to operate in the Viking fleet under the original name. *In April 1990 the Effjohn group took over full operation and transferred her to the Silja Line. Renamed: '''SILJA STAR'''. *In January 1991 transferred to the Wasa Line, another subsidiary of the Effjohn group. Renamed: '''WASA KING'''. *Sold to the Estline Marine Company Limited, which is registered in Cyprus. Delivered on 15 January 1993. *Registered in Cyprus to satisfy the requirements of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development for financing the vessel on a mortgage basis. Permission had been obtained for parallel registration in Estonia and the vessel was entered in the Estonian Ship Register on 28 January 1993. *After delivery drydocking in Turku she entered service for passenger and cargo traffic between Tallinn and Stockholm. Renamed: '''ESTONIA'''. *First voyage under new name: 1 February 1993. *Sunk 28 September 1994 ==Specifications== *IMO number 7921033 * Length, over all: 155.40 m * Length between perpendiculars: 137.40 m * Breadth, moulded: 24.20 m * Depth to bulkhead deck, moulded: 7.65 m * Maximum draft: 5.60 m * Deadweight at max. draft: 3,006 dwt * Light weight: 9,733 t * Gross tonnage: 15,598 * Propulsion power: 4 x 4,400 kW * Electrical power: 4 x 1,104 kW * Bow thrusters: 800 + 590 kW * Maximum service speed: 21 knots * Maximum number of passengers: 2,000 ==Disaster on 28 September 1994== [http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/estonia/index.html Final report on the MV ESTONIA disaster of 28 September 1994]}} |Source=Image source [http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/uploads/x9tzewssr.pdf] by Accident Investigation Board Finland. |Date= |Author=Lipothymia |Permission={{PD-FinlandGov}} |other_versions= }} Category:Ferries in Estonia Category:Ferries in Finland Category:M/S Estonia Category:IMO 7921033 |
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