MS Baltic Star

Baltic Star as Birger Jarl at Skeppsbron, Stockholm
History
Name	1953–1973: SS Birger Jarl 1973–1977: SS Bore Nord 1978–1982: SS Baltic Star 1982–2002: MS Baltic Star 2002-2020: MS Birger Jarl[1] 2020-present: MS Baltic Star
Owner	1953–1973: Rederi AB Svea 1973–1977: Jakob Lines 1977: Steamship Company Bore 1977–1978: Minicarriers 1978–2002: Caribbean Shipping Company 2002–2005: Rederi AB Allandia 2005-2020: Rederi Birger Jarl AB[1][2] 2020 onwards: Rederi Hotell Fartyget BJ AB [3]
Operator	1953–1970: Rederi AB Svea 1970–1973: Silja Line 1973–1977: Jakob Lines 1978–2002: Ånedin Linjen[1][2]
Port of registry	1953–1973: Stockholm,  Sweden 1973–1977: Jakobstad,  Finland 1977–1982: Turku,  Finland 1982–2002: Colón,  Panama 2002 onwards: Stockholm,  Sweden[1]
Route	Stockholm—Mariehamn (as of 2009)
Builder	Finnboda varv, Nacka, Sweden[2]
Yard number	351[2]
Launched	15 January 1953[1]
Christened	15 January 1953 by Margit Hagander[1]
Completed	1953
Acquired	4 June 1953[1]
Maiden voyage	1953
In service	9 June 1953[1]
Identification	IMO number: 5044893[1]
Status	In service
General characteristics (as built, 1953)[1]
Type	passenger liner
Tonnage	3,236 GRT 850 t DWT
Length	92.50 m (303 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.28 m (46 ft 10 in)
Draught	5.50 m (18 ft 1 in)
Ice class	1 B
Installed power	Quadruple steam engine with exhaust steam turbo compressor, 3,300 hk
Propulsion	1 propeller
Speed	15 knots (27.78 km/h; 17.26 mph)
Capacity	600 passengers 252 passenger berths 30 cars (lo-lo)
General characteristics (as rebuilt, 1989)[1]
Type	cruise ship
Tonnage	3,564 GT 864 t DWT
Installed power	MAN–B&W 4SA diesel engine, 2,795 kW
Speed	15.50 knots (28.71 km/h; 17.84 mph)
Capacity	369 passengers 369 passenger berths[2]

MS Baltic Star is a cruise ship owned by Rederi Hotell Fartyget BJ AB that was operated on services between Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Turku and most recently Mariehamn on Åland (Finland). She was built in 1953 as a passenger liner at Finnboda shipyard in Nacka, Sweden as SS Birger Jarl for Rederi AB Svea. In 1973 she was sold to Jakob Lines, was renamed SS Bore Nord and converted into a ferry. In 1978 she was bought back by the Ånedin Line (named after the 1970s British TV series The Onedin Line, also popular in Sweden) and was renamed SS Baltic Star. In 1982 the ship's original steam engines were replaced by diesel engines; the ship's prefix hence altered to MS. In 1989 the engines were again replaced by new diesels. In 2002 the ship reverted to the name Birger Jarl,^[1] and in 2020 back to the Baltic Star name.^[3]