History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Route | Almería–Nador |
Builder | AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven, West Germany |
Yard number | 1028 |
Launched | 22 November 1980[1] |
Acquired | 21 March 1981[1] |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruiseferry → Passenger ferry[2] |
Tonnage | 21,473 GT |
Length | 153.40 m (503 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 24.20 m (79 ft 5 in)[3] |
Draught | 5.82 m (19 ft 1 in) |
Ice class | 1 A |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity |
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MS Almariya is a cruiseferry owned by the shipping company Trasmediterránea on their route connecting Almería, Spain, to Nador, Morocco. She was built in 1981 by AG Weser Seebeckswerft, Bremerhaven, West Germany for Olau Line as MS Olau Hollandia. Between 1989 and 1997 she sailed as MS Nord Gotlandia for Gotlandslinjen, between 1998 and 2013 as MS Nordlandia for Finnish shipping company Eckerö Line and was initially named MS Isabella 1 in Isabella Cruises service.