MS Jupiter
{{Short description|Cruiseferry owned and operated by Vietnamese Jupiter Cruises}}
{{about|the ferry|other ships|MV Jupiter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Eteläsatama, Olympialaituri - N212759 - hkm.HKMS000005-00001072.jpg | Ship caption = MS Jupiter as MS Wellamo }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = *1974–1981: Wellamo
| Ship owner = | Ship operator = *1974–1981: Silja Line
| Ship registry = *1974–1981: Helsingfors {{flagicon|Finland}}
| Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Dubegion-Normandie S.A. Nantes | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 142 | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 15 September 1974 | Ship completed = 1974 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = 1974 | Ship in service = 1974 | Ship out of service = 2017 | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|7360186}} | Ship fate = Sank on 4 November 2017. | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = (after 1988 rebuild){{cite web|author=|publisher=Fakta om Fartyg|year=|accessdate=3 October 2017|title=M/S Wellamo (1975)|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/wellamo_1975.htm}} | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = {{GT|20,581}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|153.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|22.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|5.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = 4 x Pielstick 12 PC2-2V-400 diesels | Ship propulsion = *2 × Controllable pitch propellers
| Ship speed = | Ship capacity = *1,300 passengers
| Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
The MS Jupiter was a cruiseferry owned and operated by Vietnamese Jupiter Cruises. The vessel operated cruises between Sihanoukville and the island of Phú Quốc. It sank November 2017 with 2 deaths, having been moored since 2010.
History
File:Matkustaja-autolautta ms Wellamo (III) saapuu Eteläsatamaan Olympialaituriin - N212798 - hkm.HKMS000005-000010bp.jpg Jupiter was built at the Dubegion-Normandie shipyard in Nantes in 1974 for FÅA / Silja Line. The vessel entered service between Helsinki and Stockholm in July 1975 as the Wellamo.
In 1981 the super ferries Silvia Regina and Finlandia entered service on the Helsinki – Stockholm route. The Wellamo was no longer required and was sold to DFDS. The vessel was renamed Dana Gloria and placed on the Esbjerg – Newcastle route.
File:King of Scandinavia1993.jpg
Between 1984 and 1985 the Dana Gloria was chartered back to Silja Line. She was renamed Svea Corona and placed on the Stockholm – Mariehamn – Turku route. At the end of the charter the vessel returned to her previous name of Dana Gloria operating on the Copenhagen – Oslo route until the winter of 1988/89 when the vessel was stretched by 22.3 meters by Meyer Werft in Papenburg. She emerged from rebuilding as the King of Scandinavia.{{Cite web |date=2005-02-16 |title=Meyer Werft |url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/main.asp?what=ship&id=410 |access-date=2024-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216222316/http://www.meyerwerft.de/main.asp?what=ship&id=410 |archive-date=16 February 2005 }}
In 1994 the King of Scandinavia was replaced on the Copenhagen – Oslo route by the Crown of Scandinavia. The King of Scandinavia was immediately purchased by Color Line, renamed Color Viking and entered service on the Bergen – Haugesund – Stavanger – Newcastle route.
In 1998 Color Line sold Color Viking and the Norway – UK route to Norwegian ferry operator Fjord Line. The vessel was renamed Jupiter. She operated the route until November 2005, being replaced by the larger Fjord Norway.
File:MS Jupiter at Melkoya 2006.jpg, 2006.]]
Between February 2006 and February 2007 the Jupiter was chartered to Statoil for use as an accommodation ship at Melkøya Island near Hammerfest.
In April 2007 the ship was sold to Hong Kong–based Royal Group. The vessel operated cruises from Sihanoukville in Cambodia to the Vietnamese island of Phú Quốc.
On 4 November 2017, Jupiter sank off Binh Dinh, Vietnam. The vessel had been laid up since 2010 and was in very poor condition. It was unmanned and lacked maintenance. The vessel could no longer sail under its own power and broke its moorings during Typhoon Damrey. Two out of the vessel's seven crewmen died.{{cite web |url=http://www.maritimeherald.com/2017/storm-kills-12-17-people-still-missing/ |title=Storm Kills 12 and 17 People Are Still Missing |publisher=Maritime Herald |accessdate=6 November 2017}}
Sister ships
The Jupiter was the first of three identical ships built by the Dubegion-Normandie shipyard in the mid 70's.
- Bore Star – Broken up in 2013.
- Svea Corona – Broken up 1995.
References
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External links
{{commons category|IMO 7360186}}
- [http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/search.php?search_imo=7360186&page_limit=300 Professional photographs] from shipspotting.com
- {{csr|register=E|id=7360186|shipname=MS Jupiter|accessdate=3 February 2013}}
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