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MS Viking Cinderella
MS ''Viking Cinderella'' is a cruiseferry built in 1989 at Wärtsilä Marine Perno Shipyard in Turku, Finland, as MS ''Cinderella'' for SF Line, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She is currently used on the Helsinki-Mariehamn-Stockholm route. History The ''Cinderella'' was planned in the later half of the 1980s as the new flagship for SF Line. Her interior layout was based on that of MS ''Mariella'' but with more space and additional facilities. SF Line originally planned the ''Cinderella'' to take over the ''Mariella''s place in Helsinki–Stockholm traffic (the ''Mariella'' would have been placed on a new route from Helsinki to Norrköping). The plan was never realised however, and when completed the ''Cinderella'' was placed as a third ship on the Helsinki–Stockholm route, with departures from Helsinki on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (at 19:30 instead of the normal 18:00), with a 25-hour (later 24-hour) cruise from Helsinki on Sundays. The one-day cruises p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SF Line
SF Line was the name of the Finland, Finnish shipping company now known as Viking Line. The company, originally named Rederi Ab Ålandsfärjan, was one of three shipping companies that formed shipping marketing company Viking Line in 1966, the other two being Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen and Rederi AB Slite. After the other companies left Viking Line in 1988 and 1993 respectively, SF Line stood as the sole owner of Viking Line. As a result, SF Line changed its name to Viking Line in 1995. History Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen (later Rederi Ab Solstad and merged into Rederi Ab Sally in 1970) was founded in 1959 and started ferry operations between Gräddö (Sweden) and Korppoo (Finland). The ship used was a ro-ro vessel ''Viking'', which the company acquired in 1959 from a previous owner. The ship was originally known as ''Dinard'' before being renamed to ''Viking''. After a disagreement between the founders, a group of men led by Gunnar Eklund left Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen and started a new co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
