![]() Freewinds berthed at Aruba
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Turku, Finland |
Yard number | 1161[3] |
Launched | 12 February 1968[3] |
Acquired | 12 November 1968[3] |
Maiden voyage | November 1968[3] |
In service | 7 December 1968[3] |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics (as built)[3] | |
Class and type | Finnhansa class passenger ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 134.16 m (440 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 21.04 m (69 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 5.50 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | Two propellers |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity | 540 passengers[1] |
General characteristics (as Freewinds)[2] | |
Tonnage | 9,780 GT |
Length | 134.32 m (440 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 21.04 m (69 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 5.748 m (18 ft 10.3 in) |
Depth | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
Ice class | 1A |
Capacity | 360 passengers[4] |
MV Freewinds is a former cruise ship operated by International Shipping Partners and owned by San Donato Properties, a company affiliated with the Church of Scientology. She was built in 1968 by Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland, for Wallenius Lines as MS Bohème for service with Commodore Cruise Line. She was the first cruise ship built in Finland. Her ownership passed to a Church of Scientology-controlled company in 1985.[3]