MS Dalmatia

MS Dalmatia at Split, Croatia, in 2011
History
Name
  • Pomerania (1978–2011)
  • Dalmatia (2011–2014)
Owner
Port of registry
Ordered1 May 1972
Yard numberB490/01
Laid down4 October 1976
Launched31 May 1977
CompletedJune 1978
In service1978–2014
IdentificationIMO number: 7516761
FateDismantled in Alang, India in 2014
General characteristics
TypeCruiseferry
Tonnage
Displacement7,957 tons
Length127.44 m (418 ft 1 in)
Beam21.7 m (71 ft 2 in)
Height37.5 m (123 ft 0 in)
Draft5.64 m (18 ft 6 in)
Depth12.36 m (40 ft 7 in)
Ice class1B
Installed power4 × Sulzer 6ZL40/48 (4 × 3,150 kW)
Propulsion
Capacity
  • 148 cabins
  • 476 berths
  • 508 unberthed passengers
  • 277 cars
  • 468 m (1,535 ft) of ro-ro cargo
Crew90

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.