MS Viking 5
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Vikingline 1974.jpg | Ship caption = Viking 5 at Stockholm in 1974. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = | Ship flag = | Ship name = *1974–1981: Viking 5
| Ship namesake = | Ship owner = | Ship operator = *1974–1981: Viking Line
| Ship registry = | Ship route = *1974–1980: Helsinki—Stockholm
| Ship ordered = 8 August 1973 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = 1974 | Ship acquired = 5 July 1974 | Ship maiden voyage = 1974 | Ship in service = 1974 | Ship out of service = 2011 | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|7349601}} | Ship motto = | Ship fate = Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2015. | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|5,286}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|117.79|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|17.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = 1 A | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = {{convert|8120|kW|hp|0|abbr=on}} | Ship speed = {{convert|19.5|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship capacity = *1,200 passengers
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The Viking 5 was a car and passenger ferry delivered to Rederi Ab Sally for use in Viking Line traffic between Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. She operated this route in Viking Line colours between 1974 and 1980.[http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/viking_5_1974.htm Fakta om Fartyg, M/S Viking 5]
The Viking 5 was later known by the names The Viking, Sally Express, Bolette and Boughaz. The ship was laid up in 2011 and sold for scrap in Aliağa, Turkey in 2015.
File:The "Bolette" at Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 1191206.jpg.]]
File:"Boughaz" & "Akdeniz" - Aliağa, 2015.jpg (right) being scrapped at Aliaga in 2015.]]
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Category:Ships built in Papenburg
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