 Scandinavian Star after the disaster
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MS Massalia |
| Namesake | Massalia |
| Owner | Nouvelle Compagnie de Paquebots (Paquet) |
| Route | Marseille – Málaga – Casablanca |
| Builder | Dubigeon-Normandie SA |
| Yard number | 124 |
| Launched | 19 January 1971 |
| Completed | 1971 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7048219 |
| Name | MS Stena Baltica |
| Owner | Stena Cargo Line Ltd |
| Port of registry | Nassau,  Bahamas |
| Acquired | 1 October 1983 |
| Fate | Sold |
| Name | MS Island Fiesta |
| Owner | Stena Cargo Line Ltd |
| Port of registry | Nassau,  Bahamas |
| Acquired | November 1984 |
| Fate | Chartered |
| Name | MS Scandinavian Star |
| Owner | SeaEscape Ltd |
| Operator | Scandinavian World Cruises |
| Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Route | St. Petersburg, Florida / Tampa, Florida – Cozumel,  Mexico |
| Acquired | December 1984 |
| Out of service | 1990 |
| Fate | Sold |
| Name | MS Scandinavian Star |
| Owner | Vognmandsruten K/S, A/S |
| Operator | DA-NO Linjen |
| Route | Oslo,  Norway – Frederikshavn,  Denmark |
| Acquired | March 1990 |
| In service | 1 April 1990 |
| Fate | Caught fire 7 April 1990; |
| Name | MS Candi |
| Owner | Vognmandsruten K/S, A/S |
| Out of service | 1994 |
| Fate | Laid up (1990–1994) |
| Name | MS Regal Voyager |
| Owner | International Shipping Partners |
| Operator | Comarit Ferries, St. Thomas Cruises, Isabel Cortes Ferry Service Ltd, Ferries del Caribe S.A, FerryMar, Port Authority of Trinidad & Tobago |
| Acquired | February 1994 |
| Out of service | 1997 |
| Fate | Sold |
| Name | MS Regal Voyager |
| Acquired | February 2004 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 10513 GRT |
| Length | 142.24 m (466.7 ft) |
| Beam | 22.2 m (73 ft) |
| Draft | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Installed power | 2 * 16 cylinder Pielstick diesel, 11.770 kW |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
MS Scandinavian Star, originally named MS Massalia, was a car and passenger ferry built in France in 1971. The ship was set on fire on 7 April 1990, killing 159 people. The official investigation determined the fire had been caused by a convicted arsonist who died in the blaze.[1] This finding has since been disputed.[2]
After a lengthy period of lay-up after the fire, she was eventually repaired and refitted and put back into ferry service as the Regal Voyager, initially in the Mediterranean, and later in the Caribbean. She was eventually scrapped in 2004.
- ^ Solheim, T.; Lorentsen, M.; Sundnes, P.K.; Bang, G. & Bremnes, L. (1992): The "Scandinavian Star" ferry disaster 1990 – a challenge to forensic odontology. International Journal of Legal Medicine 104: 339-345.
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