MS Silja Serenade
Silja Serenade navigating in the Stockholm archipelago in 2016 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Finland | |
| Name | Silja Serenade |
| Owner |
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| Operator | 1990 onwards: Silja Line |
| Port of registry | |
| Route | Helsinki–Mariehamn–Stockholm |
| Ordered | 26 October 1987 |
| Builder | Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Turku, Finland |
| Yard number | 1301 |
| Laid down | 29 May 1989 |
| Launched | 6 November 1989 |
| Acquired | 15 November 1990 |
| Maiden voyage | 17 November 1990 |
| In service | 17 November 1990 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruiseferry |
| Tonnage | 58,376 GT |
| Length | 203.03 m (666.1 ft) |
| Beam | 31.93 m (104.8 ft) |
| Height | 63 m (206 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 7.12 m (23.4 ft) |
| Decks | 13 |
| Ice class | 1 A Super |
| Installed power | |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Capacity |
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MS Silja Serenade is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp, operating under their Silja Line brand on a route connecting Helsinki to Stockholm via Mariehamn. She was built in 1990 by Masa-Yards at Turku New Shipyard, Finland. From 26 June 2020, to 13 September 2020, the ship's route was Helsinki–Riga, which got replaced by the cruiseferry MS Baltic Queen.