MS Aallotar

Rogalin at Travemünde in August 1982
History
Name
  • 1972–78: Aallotar
  • 1978–83: Rogalin
  • 1983: Edda
  • 1983–87: Rogalin
  • 1987–88: Celtic Pride
  • 1988–91 Rogalin
  • 1991–92 Celtic Pride
  • 1992–2003: Rogalin
Owner
BuilderDubegion-Normandie S.A., Nantes, France
Launched23 July 1971
Completed1972
Maiden voyage1972
In service1972
Out of service2003
IdentificationIMO number: 7114941
FateScrapped in 2003
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 7,800 GRT
  • 10,241 GT (after remeasurement, 1994)
Length126.79 m (416 ft 0 in)
Beam19.54 m (64 ft 1 in)
Draught5.15 m (16 ft 11 in)
Ice class1 A
Propulsion
Speed21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity
  • 1,000 passengers
  • 420 passenger beds
  • 146 cars or 20 trucks

MS Aallotar was a car-passenger ferry built in 1972 by Dubegion-Normandie S.A., Nantes, France for the Finland Steamship Company, who used her in traffic of the Silja Line marketing company. She was the first car/passenger ferry to operate between Helsinki and Stockholm, and the first ship to offer year-round service. She was later known under the names MS Rogalin, MS Edda and MS Celtic Pride. She was scrapped in 2004 in Aliağa, Turkey.