 Viking Grace
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Finland | |
| Name | Viking Grace |
| Owner | Viking Line |
| Port of registry | Mariehamn,  Finland[1] |
| Route | Turku–Mariehamn/Långnäs–Stockholm |
| Ordered | 22 December 2010[2] |
| Builder | STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland |
| Cost | 240 million euro (estimate)[2] |
| Yard number | 1376[3] |
| Laid down | 6 March 2012 |
| Launched | 10 August 2012[1] |
| Completed | 10 January 2013 [1] |
| Maiden voyage | 13 January 2013[1] |
| In service | 2013–Present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruiseferry |
| Tonnage | 57,565 GT[4] |
| Length | 218 m (715 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 31.8 m (104 ft 4 in) |
| Ice class | 1 A Super[2] |
| Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 8L50DF (4 × 7,600 kW)[5] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[1] |
| Capacity | |
| Crew | 200[2] |
MS Viking Grace is a cruiseferry constructed at STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland for the Finland-based ferry company Viking Line. The ship was delivered to her owners on 10 January 2013, and entered service on 13 January 2013. She is the first large-scale passenger ferry to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as being fitted with a rotor sail.
Viking Grace replaced MS Isabella (now known as MS Isabelle) on the Turku-Långnäs-Stockholm route.[6] Viking Grace is twinned by MS Viking Glory, which entered service in March 2022.
Viking Line and STX Finland made a contract of building the ship (shipyard project number NB 1376)[7] on 25 October 2010, and the contract went into force on 22 December 2010. The contract price was about 240 million euro, and the ship was delivered in January 2013. The contract included an option of an additional ship.[8][9] Constructing the ship took 2600 man-years.[9]
Viking Grace has a length of 218 m (715 ft 3 in), beam of 31.8 m (104 ft 4 in) and maximum summer draft of 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in). The ship has a deadweight tonnage of 6,107 DWT and a gross tonnage of 57,565 GT, which gives maximum passenger capacity for 2,800 people. The vessel has 880 rooms, restaurants, bars, spa and shopping centers. MS Viking Grace also has 1,000 lane meters space for cars and 1,275 lane meters for storage of ro-ro cargo.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g M/S Viking Gracen vesillelasku. Viking Line, 10 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ a b c d e "Viking Line NB 1376" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ "NB 1376.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ "Marine Traffic Viking Grace". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ Viking Grace. Wärtsilä. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ Enkvist, Liisa: Ensimmäinen laiva korvaa Isabellan. Turun Sanomat, 26 October 2010, 106th year, p. 12. Turku: TS-Yhtymä Oy.
- ^ Viking Linen vuosikertomus 2009–2010 Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Viking Line. Accessed on 4 August 2015.
- ^ Backman, Mikael: Viking Line tilaa uuden laivan, press announcement 22 December 2010. Mariehamn: Viking Line. Accessed on 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b Viking Line tilaa uuden laivan Suomen ja Ruotsin välille, Helsingin Sanomat 25 October 2010. Accessed on 30 October 2010.