MV Boudicca

Boudicca in 2018
History
Name
  • 1973–1991: Royal Viking Sky
  • 1991–1992: Sunward
  • 1992: Birka Queen
  • 1992–1993: Sunward
  • 1993–1997: Golden Princess
  • 1997–1998: SuperStar Capricorn
  • 1998–2001: Hyundai Keumgang
  • 2001–2004: SuperStar Capricorn
  • 2004–2005: Grand Latino
  • 2005–2021: Boudicca
  • 2021: Edi
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderWärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland
Cost$22.5 million
Yard number396
Launched25 May 1972
ChristenedMrs Vesla Darre Hirsch
Acquired5 June 1973
Identification
FateScrapped 2021
General characteristics (as built in 1973)
Class & typeRoyal Viking Star-class cruise ship
Tonnage
Length177.70 m (583 ft 0 in)
Beam25.19 m (82 ft 8 in)
Draught7.00 m (23 ft 0 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 propellers
Speed21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Capacity536 passengers
Crew324
General characteristics (as rebuilt, 2005)
Tonnage
Length206.96 m (679.0 ft)
Beam25.22 m (82 ft 9 in)
Draught7.55 m (24 ft 9 in)
Depth13.67 m (44 ft 10 in)
Decks8 (passenger accessible)
Installed power
  • 4 × MAN 7L32/40
  • 14,000 kW (combined)
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity900 passengers
Crew320
NotesOtherwise the same as built

MV Boudicca (also known as Royal Viking Sky, Sunward, Birka Queen, Golden Princess, SuperStar Capricorn, Hyundai Keumgang, and Grand Latino) was a Royal Viking Star-class cruise ship that last served as accommodation vessel at Pendik, near Tuzla Shipyard. She was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland as Royal Viking Sky for Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskap, Trondheim, which placed the ship in Royal Viking Line service. In May 2021 the ship was beached in Aliağa, Turkey, for scrapping.