MS Translandia
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Route | 2004–2012: Helsinki–Tallinn |
Builder | J. J. Sietas Werft, Hamburg, West Germany |
Yard number | 792[2] |
Launched | 27 August 1976[2] |
Christened | 1976 |
Completed | 1 January 1976[1] |
Acquired | 30 October 1976[2] |
Maiden voyage | 4 November 1976 |
Out of service | 2014 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2014 |
General characteristics | |
Type | ferry |
Tonnage | 13,867 GRT[1] |
Length | 135.75 m (445 ft 4 in)[1] |
Beam | 21.7 m (71 ft 2 in)[1] |
Draught | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)[1] |
Ice class | 1 A |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | Twin screw, controllable pitch propellers[1] |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[1] |
Capacity |
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MS Translandia was a freight/passenger ferry owned by the shipping company from Dubai. She was built in 1976 by , Hamburg, West Germany for Poseidon Schiffahrts oHG as MS Transgermania. Between 2004 and 2012 she sailed for Finnish shipping company Eckerö Line on their route connecting Helsinki, Finland, to Tallinn, Estonia.
MS Translandia in April 2007
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Categories:
- Ferries of Finland
- Ships built in Hamburg
- 1976 ships