MS Nordic Pearl
MS Pearl Seaways departing Oslo, Norway (2015). | |
| History | |
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| Route | Copenhagen–Frederikshavn–Oslo (as of 2020) |
| Builder | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard, Turku, Finland |
| Yard number | 1297 |
| Laid down | 27 May 1988 |
| Launched | 22 October 1988 |
| Acquired | 18 April 1989 |
| In service | 24 April 1989 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8701674 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics (as Athena) | |
| Type | Cruiseferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 176.60 m (579 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 29.00 m (95 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Ice class | 1 A Super |
| Installed power | |
| Speed | 21.0 knots (38.9 km/h; 24.2 mph) |
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| General characteristics (as Langkapuri Star Aquarius) | |
| Tonnage | 40,022 GT |
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| Notes | Otherwise the same as above |
| General characteristics (as Pearl Seaways) | |
| Tonnage | 40,039 GT |
| Length | 178.40 m (585 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 29.61 m (97 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in) |
| Depth | 16.95 m (55 ft 7 in) |
| Speed | 21.2 knots (39.3 km/h; 24.4 mph) |
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| Notes | Otherwise the same as above |
MS Nordic Pearl is a cruiseferry owned by Gotlandsbolaget and operated on their Copenhagen–Frederikshavn-Oslo service. She was built in 1989 by Wärtsilä Marine, Turku, for Rederi AB Slite as MS Athena for use in Viking Line traffic. Between 1993 and 2001, she sailed as MS Langkapuri Star Aquarius. From 2001 to 2011 she sailed as MS Pearl of Scandinavia and from 2011 to 2025 she sailed as MS Pearl Seaways.
Nordic Pearl had a sister ship, Star Pisces.