MS Baltic Queen
| 300px MS Baltic Queen in Tallinn on 23 April 2009. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MS Baltic Queen[1] |
| Owner: | Tallink[2] |
| Operator: | Tallink |
| Port of registry: | Tallinn, 22x20px Estonia[2] |
| Route: | Tallinn—Mariehamn—Stockholm (as of 2009)[3] |
| Ordered: | 11 April 2007[2] |
| Builder: | STX Europe, Rauma, Finland[4] |
| Cost: | €180 million[4] |
| Yard number: | 1365[2] |
| Laid down: | 22 April 2008[5] |
| Launched: | 5 December 2008[1] |
| Acquired: | 16 April 2009[3] |
| In service: | 24 April 2009 [3] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9443255 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics [6] | |
| Class and type: | Galaxy class cruiseferry |
| Tonnage: | 48,300 GT |
| Length: | 212.10 m (695 ft 10 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 29.00 m (95 ft) |
| Decks: | 12 |
| Ice class: | 1 A Super |
| Installed power: |
4 × Wärtsilä 16V32 diesels[2] combined 32,000 kW |
| Speed: | 24.5 kn (45.37 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
2800 passengers 2500 berths[2] 1130 lanemeters |
MS Baltic Queen is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonia-based ferry operator Tallink and normally operated on their Tallinn—Mariehamn—Stockholm route.[3] The ship was built by the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.[2]
Contents
Concept and construction
Initially known under the project name Cruise 5, Baltic Queen was ordered from (what was then) Aker Yards shipyard in Rauma, Finland in April 2007. She is a sister ship to MS Galaxy and MS Baltic Princess and Tallink's fifth newbuilt cruiseferry.[4] The ship's planned route was a mystery to the general public for a long time, until on 11 November 2008 Tallink revealed then he would be placed on the Tallinn—Stockholm service on completion.[7] The ship was launched from drydock and officially named Baltic Queen on 5 December 2008. By this time the shipyard had been renamed STX Europe.[1] Tallink took delivery of the ship on 16 April 2009.[3]
Service history
Baltic Queen entered service on the Tallinn—Mariehamn—Stockholm route on 24 April 2009, replacing Tallink's first newbuilt ship MS Romantika, which was moved to the Riga—Stockholm service.[3] Baltic Queen's Tallink Silja fleetmate MS Silja Europa encountered problems with her steering on 22 November 2009,[8] and she had to be taken out of service for repairs. As a result the Baltic Queen was moved to the Turku—Mariehamn—Stockholm service as a temporary replacement from 26 November until 11 December 2009.[9]
Decks and facilities
Numbered from bottom to top.
- Crew facilities, sauna, swimming pool, engine room[10][11]
- Cardeck[10]
- Cardeck (hydraulic platform that can be lowered to divide the car deck in two giving space for two layers of passenger cars)[10]
- Conference rooms, outside and inside cabins[10][12][13]
- Cafeteria, tax-free shops, showlounge (lower level), promenade deck[10]
- Buffet and a la carte restaurants, bars, pub, showlounge (upper level)[10]
- Suites, outside and inside cabins[10][12]
- Suites, outside and inside cabins[10][12]
- bridge, crew facilities, discothèque, sun deck[10]
- Sun deck
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tallink and STX Europe Creating a Queen for the Baltic". Tallink press release. Tallink. 5 December 2008. http://www.tallink.com/mainMenu/pressRoom/pressReleases/pr_20081205_BalticQueenChristening.htm. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Asklander, Micke. "M/S Baltic Queen (2009)" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/baltic_queen_2009.htm. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Delivery of M/S Baltic Queen". Tallink. http://www.tallink.com/mainMenu/pressRoom/stockExchangeReleases/sr_20090416_Baltic_Queen.htm. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "New cruiseferry order". Tallink. http://www.tallink.com/mainMenu/pressRoom/stockExchangeReleases/sr_110407_newcruise.htm. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ↑ "Tallink's new cruise ferry keel will be laid today". Tallink. http://www.tallink.com/mainMenu/pressRoom/pressReleases/pr_22042008_cruise5.htm. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ↑ "Cruise Ferry for Tallink" (PDF). Aker Yards. http://www.akeryards.com/upload/?id=743022ddb13a84ad85655ef89c13c4f0. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
- ↑ "Tallink-Silja sijoittaa uuteen laivaan" (in Finnish). Sisuradio. Sveriges Radio. 5 November 2008. http://www.sr.se/sisuradio/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=2423682. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Asklander, Micke. "M/S Silja Europa (1993)" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/europa_1993.htm. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ↑ "Baltic Queen korvaa Silja Europan" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 24 November 2009. http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2009112410654185_uu.shtml. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 "Baltic Queen GA drawings" (PDF). STX Europe. http://www.stxeurope.com/downloadcentre/photos/NB-1365%20Baltic%20Queen%20GA.pdf. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ↑ "Sauna department – a moment for relaxing". Tallink. http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/tab2/ships/balticQueen/wellnessServices/. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Baltic Queen cabins". Tallink. http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/tab2/ships/balticQueen/cabins/. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ↑ "Conference – the best ever meeting facilities". Tallink. http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/tab2/ships/balticQueen/conference/. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
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