MS Viking Saga
''Celestyal Crystal'', previously ''Louis Cristal'', is a cruise ship operated by the Cyprus-based Celestyal Cruises and previously Louis Cruise Lines, both in the Louis Group. The ship was originally built as the cruiseferry MS ''Viking Saga'' in 1980 at Wärtsilä Perno shipyard, Perno Shipyard and Crichton-Vulcan, Turku Shipyard, Turku, Finland for Rederi Ab Sally. In 1986 she was renamed MS ''Sally Albatross'', and rebuilt into a cruise ship the following year. The ship was destroyed by a fire in 1990, and completely rebuilt at Finnyards, Rauma, Finland. She was re-delivered in 1992, still named ''Sally Albatross''. After partially sinking 1994 she was rebuilt at Industrie Navali Meccaniche Affini, La Spezia, Italy, re-entering service as MS ''Leeward'' for Norwegian Cruise Line. Subsequently she sailed as MS ''SuperStar Taurus'' for Star Cruises, MS ''Silja Opera'' for Silja Line and spent a year laid up as MS ''Opera'' prior to entering service with her current owner in 2007. ...
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Rederi Ab Sally
Rederi Ab Sally was a Finnish shipping company founded in 1937 by Algot Johansson. Originally a tanker operator, Sally became a dominant member of the Viking Line shipping consortium in the 1970s. The company met bad times in the 1980s and was bought by its rivals Effoa and Johnson Line (owners of Silja Line) in 1987. In 1990 the operations of Sally, Effoa and Johnson Line were merged into EffJohn and Rederi Ab Sally ceased to exist as an independent company. Subsidiaries During its history Rederi Ab Sally was involved in operating tankers, ferries, cruiseferries and cruise ships. It fully or partially owned numerous subsidiaries, including: * Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen / Rederi Ab Solstad - founded in 1959, Rederi Ab Sally majority of stocks in 1963, merged into Rederi Ab Sally in the 1970s. *Commodore Cruise Line - bought in 1980. *Sally Line UK - founded in 1981. * Vaasanlaivat / Vasabåtarna - bought from Enso-Gutzeit in 1982. *Sally Cruise - founded in 1985, traffic started ...
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