Ship's Status: In Class, Operating

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Port of registry:1981—1983: Visby,  Sweden[3]
1983—2008: Larvik,  Norway
2008 onwards: Naples,  Italy[1]

Ordered:October 1978[3]

Builder:Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden

Yard number:279[1]

Laid down:1 June 1980[4]

Launched:1 November 1980[4]

Christened:24 June 1981[1]

Acquired:24 June 1981[1]

In service:1 July 1981[1]

Identification:IMO number:

Status:In service

General characteristics (as built)[1]

Class & type:Visby class cruiseferry

Tonnage:14,919 GRT

Displacement:2,410 metric tons deadweight (DWT)

Length:142.32 m (466 ft 11 in)

Beam:24.52 m (80 ft 5 in)

Draught:5.51 m (18 ft 1 in)

Decks:11[5]

Ice class:1 A[3]

Installed power:4 × B&W 8K45GUC diesels
combined 21476 kW

Propulsion:2 propellers[5]
2 bow thrusters[5]

Speed:21 kn (38.89 km/h; 24.17 mph)

Capacity:2072 passengers
1142 berths
510 cars

General characteristics (as rebuilt, 2003)[1]

Tonnage:30,317 GT (gross tonnage)[6]

Displacement:3,515 t DWT[6]

Length:168.49 m (552 ft 9 in)[6]

Beam:26.04 m (85 ft 5 in)[6]

Draught:8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)[6]

Depth:13.45 m (44 ft 2 in)[6]

Speed:19 kn (35.19 km/h; 21.86 mph)

Capacity:2200 passengers
1786 berths
562 cars
750 lanemeters

Notes:Otherwise the same as built

 

The ship has one bow (front) door with a movable ramp to shore. Front ramp is 8 meters by 18.3 meters.  Also at the stern (back) of the ship a single movable ramp from shore to Main deck of 10.5 meters by 15.8 meters, and two movable ramps to the Upper deck of 3.5 meters by 14.4 meters.  Internally there are two ramps from the Main deck to the Upper deck towards the front of the ship. 

Free heights within the car/trailer/bus decks are as follows:

 

Upper deck          1.8 meters high (ie for cars)

Main deck            6.6 meters high (ie for trucks, trailers, buses or cars)

 

Garage space totals are:

Number of lane-meters which can accept trucks 750 meters of parking

Number of cars: 562 cars