MS Color Magic
{{Short description|Cruise ferry built in 2007}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=ColorMagic Liegeplatz Taufe Kiel2007.jpg |Ship caption=Color Magic in Kiel in 2007 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=Color Magic |Ship owner=Color Line |Ship operator= |Ship registry=Oslo, {{flag|Norway|civil}} |Ship ordered=27 May 2005{{in lang|sv}} [http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/color_magic_2007.htm MS Color Magic (2007) at Fakta om Fartyg], retrieved 13. 9. 2007 |Ship builder=*Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard, Finland (hull)
|Ship launched=15 December 2006 |Ship completed= |Ship acquired=6 September 2007 |Ship christened=15 September 2007 |Ship in service=17 September 2007 |Ship identification={{IMO Number|9349863}} |Ship fate= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage=*{{GT|75,100}}{{in lang|no}} [http://www.colorline.no/pages/ship/facts.faces?contentId=*1.3248&gridId=*1.0 Color Line website : Color Magic - Fakta]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 13. 9. 2007 |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|734|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=flip}} |Ship beam={{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|6.80|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship propulsion=*4 × Wärtsilä 8L46B |Ship capacity=*2,600 passengers
|Ship crew= |Ship notes=Sister ship to Color Fantasy }} |
MS Color Magic is a cruiseferry owned and operated by the Norway-based shipping company Color Line on its route connecting Oslo, Norway, with Kiel, Germany. She was built at Aker Finnyards Rauma Shipyard, Finland in 2007 and has been the largest ferry in the world ever since.[http://marine.cat.com/cda/files/974717/7/Ro-Pax+Ferry_4x+MaK_12+M+43+C_Tallink+Star_Ferry+Technology_2007_Jun.pdf New delivery - Star]. Ferry Technology, June/July 2007. {{retrieved | accessdate=2012-08-13}}[http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Wirtschaft/EN/Businessland/archive/PDFs/issue_december_2007_pdf__blob=publicationFile.pdf Official launch of Color Magic in Kiel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101060733/http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Wirtschaft/EN/Businessland/archive/PDFs/issue_december_2007_pdf__blob%3DpublicationFile.pdf |date=2014-01-01 }}. Businessland, December 2007. {{retrieved | accessdate=2012-08-13}}
Color Magic is a sister vessel of MS Color Fantasy, delivered to Color Line in 2004. The ship has over 1000 cabins and 54 suites.{{in lang|no}} [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=161883 VG: Her er nye Color Magic], retrieved 6. 9. 2007 Unlike her sister, Color Fantasy was built in Turku. Color Magic has 89 more cabins than Color Fantasy, as well as larger conference facilities, making it slightly larger in terms of gross tonnage.
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External links
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- [https://www.colorline.com/about-us/color-magic/ Color Line website for MS Color Magic]
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Category:Ships built in Rauma, Finland
Category:Color Line (ferry operator)
Category:Merchant ships of Norway
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