MS Translandia

History
Name:
  • 1976–1993: Transgermania
  • 1993–1995: Rosebay
  • 1995–1997: Eurostar
  • 1997–1998: Eurocruiser
  • 1998–2001: Rosebay
  • 2001–2004: Transparaden
  • 2004–2014: Translandia
Owner:
Operator:
  • 2004–2013: Eckerö Line
  • 2013 onwards: Salem Al Makrani Cargo Co
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:
Fate: Scrapped at Alang, India in 2014
General characteristics
Type: ferry
Tonnage: 13,867 gross register tons (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:
  • 63 passengers
  • 63 passenger beds
  • vehicles (1,624 lane meters)

MS Translandia was a freight/passenger ferry owned by the shipping company Salem Al Makrani Cargo from Dubai. She was built in 1976 by J. J. Sietas Werft, 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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 VeriStarInfo
  2. 1 2 3 MS Translandia at faktaomfartyg (Swedish)
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