MS Victoria I
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Victoria I departing Tallinn 28 May 2015.JPG | Ship caption = MS Victoria I departing in Tallinn }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Victoria I | Ship owner = Tallink | Ship class = Romantika-class cruiseferry | Ship operator = Tallink | Ship registry = Tallinn, {{flagicon|Estonia}} Estonia | Ship route = Tallinn–Helsinki | Ship ordered = 15 October 2002 | Ship builder = Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland | Ship yard number = 434 | Ship laid down = 11 March 2003 | Ship launched = 16 October 2003 | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = 9 March 2004 | Ship in service = 21 March 2004 | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = *Call sign: ESRP
| Ship fate = | Ship status = In service | Ship notes = | Ship country = Estonia | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Estonia|civil}} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{cite web|url=https://en.tallink.com/victoria-tallink-cruise-ship#tabs-content-7|title=Victoria I technical info|language=en|website=Tallink}}{{cite web|url=https://laivat.valkeatlaivat.net/laivasto/victoria-1/|title=Victoria I technical info 2|language=fi|website=Valkeatlaivat}} | Ship class = | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|40,975}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|192.9|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|29|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|6.5|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship decks = 12 | Ship ice class = 1 A Super | Ship sail plan = | Ship propulsion = *4 × Wärtsilä 16V32
| Ship speed = {{convert|22|kn}} | Ship capacity = *2,500 passengers
| Ship crew = | Ship notes = Sister ship to MS Romantika }} |
MS Victoria I {{cite web|url=https://laivat.valkeatlaivat.net/laivasto/victoria-1/|title=Victoria I technical aspects|language=fi|website=Valkeatlaivat. | date=1 September 2023}} is a cruiseferry owned by AS Tallink Grupp. It was chartered by the Scottish Government to provide temporary accommodation to those fleeing the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The vessel was docked in the port of Leith, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The ship, which was chartered until July 2023, had been providing people with accommodation until they secure somewhere to stay longer term.{{cite news |title=Council says cruise ship would be 'floating prison' for asylum seekers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-65995657 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 June 2023}} It took in its first Ukrainian residents in July 2022.{{Cite web |title=Super sponsor scheme paused |url=http://www.gov.scot/news/super-sponsor-scheme-paused/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.gov.scot |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-26 |title=War in Ukraine: First refugees welcomed aboard Leith cruise ship without proper checks, critics warn |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/war-in-ukraine-first-refugees-welcomed-aboard-leith-cruise-ship-without-proper-checks-critics-warn-3782951 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.scotsman.com |language=en}}
On 1 August 2023 Victoria I arrived back in her home port at Tallinn and currently the vessel on service between Tallinn and Helsinki starting from 12 October.{{cite web | url=https://news.err.ee/1609049678/tallink-ferry-returns-after-hosting-scotland-s-ukrainian-refugees | title=Tallink ferry returns after hosting Scotland's Ukrainian refugees | date=August 2023 }}
The Victoria I was formerly on a route connecting Stockholm, Sweden to Tallinn, Estonia via Mariehamn, Finland. She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards, Rauma. Although the ship's official name is Victoria I, she is often referred to as Victoria, without the number. This is also the name displayed on top of her superstructure, whereas the name is written in full form on the hull.
Between 18 and 20 November 2005, the Victoria I made two one-day cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn, the latter of which was a re-election campaign cruise for the Finnish president Tarja Halonen. The use of an Estonian-flagged ship by the president provoked protests from the Finnish Seamen's Union.
Victoria's sister ship, the ferry Romantika was chartered by Holland Norway Lines to operate a route between Kristiansand in Norway and Eemshaven in Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://www.tallink.com/press-releases?1&article=163134818#tabs-content-1|title=Tallink Grupp to charter out vessel Romantika from March 2022 for at least three years|language=en|website=Tallink |date=1 November 2021|access-date=1 September 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/web/int/victoria-tallink-cruise-ship Tallink silja website for MS Victoria]
- [http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/victoria_2004.htm MS Victoria I at Fakta om Fartyg] {{in lang|sv}}
- [http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=276519000 Victoria I at marinetraffic.com]
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Category:Ships built in Rauma, Finland
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