MS Mega Victoria

Mega Victoria At the port of Toulon, 2023
History
Name
  • 1988–2022:Amorella
  • 2022 onwards:Mega Victoria
Owner
Operator
  • 1988–1995: SF Line (in Viking Line traffic)
  • 1995–2022: Viking Line[1]
  • 2022 onwards: Corsica Ferries
Port of registryGenova,  Italy
Route
Ordered3 February 1986[1]
BuilderBrodosplit, Split, Croatia (Yugoslavia)[1]
Cost280 million FIM (1986)
Yard number356[1]
Launched18 July 1987[1]
Acquired28 September 1988[1]
In service14 October 1988[1]
Identification
General characteristics [2]
TypeCruiseferry
Tonnage
Length169.40 m (555 ft 9 in)
Beam27.60 m (90 ft 7 in)
Draught6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)
Depth13.99 m (45 ft 11 in)
Decks12[3]
Ice class1 A Super
Installed power
PropulsionTwo shafts; controllable pitch propellers[2]
Speed20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)[1]
Capacity
  • 2,420 passengers
  • 1,986 berths
  • 450 cars
  • 970 lanemeters[1]

MS Mega Victoria is a cruiseferry owned by Corsica Ferries. She was formerly owned by Viking Line as MS Amorella and operated on the route TurkuMariehamnStockholm and from 2022 Helsinki-Mariehamn-Stockholm. She was built in 1988 by Brodosplit in Croatia, then Yugoslavia.

Amorella has three sister ships: Gabriella in the Viking Line fleet, Isabelle operated by Tallink and Crown Seaways, operated by DFDS Seaways.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Asklander, Micke. "M/S Amorella (1988)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Amorella (15087)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  3. ^ "M/S Amorella – Cut-away view". Viking Line. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2009.