MS Aurora in Port of Helsinki, May 2012

Cruise Ship MS Aurora in Port of Helsinki, May 2012.

Length: 270.0 m (885 ft 10 in) Beam: 32.2 m (105 ft 8 in) Drought: 7.9 m (25.9 ft)
Tonnage: 76,152 GT Decks: 10 Power 58800 Kw, Speed; 24 kn Capacity: 1950 + 850 (crew)
IMO 9169524, Operator: P&O Cruises, Port of Registry: Hamilton, Bermuda
Builder: Meyer Werft, Germany 1998 - 2000. Christened on 27 April 2000, by HRH Princess Anne.

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MS Saga Sapphire in Port of Helsinki

Cruise Ship MS Saga Sapphire in Port of Helsinki.

Length: 199.63 m (654.95 ft) Beam: 28.55 m (93.67 ft) Draught: 8.30 m (27.23 ft)
Tonnage: 37,301 GT Power: 21270 kW Speed: 19 kn. Decks: 12 Capacity: 1158 (total)
IMO: 7822457 Builder: Bremer Vulkan, Bremen, Germany, 1980 - 1981. Port of registry: Malta (2007)
Former names: Europa 1981-1999, SuperStar Europe 1999-2000, SuperStar Aries 2000-2004,
Holiday Dream 2004-2008, Bleu de France 2008-2011, Saga Sapphire 2011-

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MS Delphin in foggy Helsinki

Cruise ship MS Delphin in foggy Helsinki, May 2012.

Length: 157 m width: 21,80 m capacity: 498, cabins: 235 Decs: 6

Former names: Kazakhstan II, Belorussiya.

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Costa Concordia, Cruise ship, Genoa Harbour, IMO 9320544

Costa Concordia, Cruise ship, Genoa Harbour, Italy, November 2010, IMO 9320544

Length: 290.20 m (952 ft 1 in), Width: 35.50 m (116 ft 6 in), Depth: 14.18 m (46 ft 6 in), 

Speed 19,6 kn, max 23 kn  Decks: 13  Power: 75 600 Kw  

Builder: Fincantieri Sestri Ponente, Italy, 2005-2006. Owner: Carnival Corporation plc.

In service: July 2006 - January 2012, Status: capsized off island Giglio, Italy.

Picture: Kate Hopkins from Seattle, WA

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Cruise Ships leaving from the Port of Stockholm

Cruise ship MS Jewel of the Seas, cruise ship MS Constellation and cruiseferry Viking Line M/S Mariella leaving from the port of Stockholm 15th of August 2010.

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MS Artemis (Artania), Cruise ship leaving from the Port of Helsinki 2009, IMO 8201480

MS Artemis, Cruise ship leaving from the Port of Helsinki 2009, IMO 8201480

Length: 230,61 m, (756,59 ft) Width: 29,60 m (97,11 ft), Draught: 7,80 m (25,59 ft), Speed 22 kn
Tonnage: 44 348 GRT, Capasity: 1260 (max), Crew: 537, Builder: Wärtsilä Helsinki, Finland

Named as MS Royal Princess by Diana, Princess of Wales in Southampton, UK, 15.10.1984
Name history: MS Royal Princess (1984 - 2005), MS Artemis (2005 - 2011), MS Artania (2011 -)

Rakentaja: Wärtsilä Helsingin telakka, 1984

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SS Maxim Gorkiy, Ocean Liner, Cruise Ship, Steam Ship, Helsinki

SS Maxim Gorkiy, Ocean Liner, Cruise Ship, Steam Ship, Helsinki

Length 194,72 m (638 ft 10 in), beam 26,57 m (87 ft 2 in), draught 16,40 m (53 ft 10 in)

Tonnage 25 022 GRT, Ice Class 1A, IMO: 6810627

Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, West Germany.
In service: 1969-2009. Destiny: Scrapped in India.

Former names: Hamburg (1969-1973), Hanseatic (1973-1974), Maxim Gorkiy (1974-2009)

Camera: Nokia N95 (mobile phone). Picture was taken through ship window.

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MS Ecstasy, cruise ship at anchor off Santa Catalina, 2004, IMO 8711344

MS Ecstasy, cruise ship at anchor off Santa Catalina, California, April 2004.

Length: 261 m (855 ft) Beam: 31 m (103 ft) Draft: 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in), Speed: 21 kn,

Capacity: 2634, Power: 42 240 kW Tonnage: 70 367 GT Decks: 12

Builder: Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Helsinki, Finland, 1991
Route: Western Caribbean  Names: Ecstasy (1991-2007), Carnival Ecstasy (2007 - )

Santa Catalina is an island near Los Angeles, California, USA.
Picture: Photosubmission, Public domain.

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MS Kalypso, Cruiseferry, Viking Line, 1991 in Stockholm

MS Kalypso, Cruiseferry, Viking Line, 1991 in Stockholm, IMO 8710857

MS Kalypso, Cruiseferry, M/S Kalypso, nowadays cruise ship MS Star Pisces, Star Cruises,

Length: 176.60 m (579 ft 5 in) Beam: 29.61 m (97 ft 2 in) Draught: 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) Decks: 12
Power:  17,811 kW Speed: 21 knots Capacity: 2 200 passangers, 490 cars, Tonnage: 40,012 GT

Cruises nowadays in Far East, Hong Kong (2011).

Previously owned by Viking Line (1990-1994, route Stockholm - Turku).

Builder: Wärtsilä Meriteollisuus and Masa-Yards, Turku, Finland, 

Launched: 1989, in service, 1990. Sister ship, MS Athena, M/S Athena

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Epitoriki Line, cruise ship MTS Oceanus in Rhodes, Greece, 1986

Epitoriki Line, cruise ship MTS Oceanus in Rhodes, Greece, 1986

Former names: Mykinai, Ancona, and Eastern Princess
Launched in July 1952

Fate: Sunk 4th August 1991 off the Wild Coast of the Transkei, near Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Length: 153 m (502 ft) Beam: 20 m (66 ft) Draft: 7 m (23 ft)
Decks:  6-9  Max Speed: 18.5 knots  Cruise speed, 16 knots
Capacity: 550 passengers  Crew: 250
 

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