Drottningholm in 2012
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History | |
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Owner |
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Builder | Motala Verkstads Nya AB, Sweden |
Launched | 1909 |
Identification | IMO number: 5375838 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger ferry |
Length | 23.18 m (76 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 5.56 m (18 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
The Drottningholm is a Swedish steam ship that was built in 1909 at Motala Verkstads Nya AB as the Valkyrian, and was also briefly known as the Nya Strömma Kanal. Given her current name in 1969, she now operates cruises and charters for the Strömma Kanalbolaget and is a listed historic ship of Sweden.[1][2]