MS Star Pisces at Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong in 2013
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland[1] |
Cost | SEK 650 million[2] |
Yard number | 1298[1] |
Launched | 27 August 1989[1] |
Acquired | 26 April 1990[1] |
Maiden voyage | 30 April 1990 |
In service | 30 April 1990[1] |
Out of service | 2022 |
Identification | IMO number: 8710857[1] |
Fate | Scrapped in Alang, India in 2022[3][4][5] |
General characteristics (as Kalypso)[1] | |
Type | Cruiseferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 176.60 m (579 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 29.61 m (97 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Decks | 12[6] |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 propellers[2] |
Speed | 21.0 knots (38.9 km/h; 24.2 mph) |
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General characteristics (as Star Pisces)[2] | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 40,053 GT |
Ice class | 1 A Super |
Speed | 21.2 knots (39.3 km/h; 24.4 mph) |
Capacity | 1,900 passengers |
Crew | 750 |
Notes | Otherwise the same as built |
MS Star Pisces was a cruise ship owned by Star Cruises and did short cruises from Hong Kong. She was originally built as the cruiseferry MS Kalypso in 1990 at Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland for Rederi AB Slite for use in Viking Line traffic. The ship was designed by Per Dockson. Star Pisces had a sister ship, Pearl Seaways.