MS Dalmatia
MS Dalmatia at Split, Croatia, in 2011 | |
| History | |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Ordered | 1 May 1972 |
| Yard number | B490/01 |
| Laid down | 4 October 1976 |
| Launched | 31 May 1977 |
| Completed | June 1978 |
| In service | 1978–2014 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7516761 |
| Fate | Dismantled in Alang, India in 2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruiseferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 7,957 tons |
| Length | 127.44 m (418 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 21.7 m (71 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 37.5 m (123 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 5.64 m (18 ft 6 in) |
| Depth | 12.36 m (40 ft 7 in) |
| Ice class | 1B |
| Installed power | 4 × Sulzer 6ZL40/48 (4 × 3,150 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Capacity |
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| Crew | 90 |
MS Dalmatia was a cruiseferry owned by the Croatia-based ferry operator Blue Line International operating the Ancona - Hvar route. She was built in 1978 as MS Pomerania for Polferries.
In 1994, she had a minor collision (referred to as a "scrape") with another cruiseferry, MS Silja Europa.
She was inserted on the Swinoujscie - Kopenhagen - Felixstowe route. The route was changed in 1979 to Helsinki - Nynäshamn - Gdynia. In 1980 the ship was rented to Kalmar Line for its Kalmar - Rönne route. Kalmar Line was bankrupt in July 1980 and the ship was inserted to Polferries Karlskrona - Gdynia route. The ship was rented again in 1982 to Cotunav between Genua/ Marseille - Tunis. The ship was returned to Polferries two months later. The ship was inserted on the Swinoujscie - Malmö route in 1995. The route was changed again in 1997 to Malmö - Swinoujscie. In 2011 the ship was sold to Blue Line for their Split - Ancona route. The ship was dismantled in Alang, India in 2014.