MS Birka Gotland
Birka Stockholm in Mariehamn in January 2023. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Sweden | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Route | Laid up. To enter service for new, unnamed company owned by Rederi AB Gotland and Viking Line in 2024. |
| Ordered | 19 November 2002 |
| Builder | Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland |
| Yard number | 442 |
| Laid down | 19 October 2003 |
| Launched | 15 April 2004 |
| Christened | 10 November 2004 by Arja Saijonmaa |
| Completed | 8 November 2004 |
| In service | 11 November 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 177 m (580 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 43 m (141 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Depth | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Decks | 11 (10 passenger accessible) |
| Ice class | 1 A Super |
| Installed power |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) service speed |
| Capacity | 1,800 passengers |
MS Birka Gotland is a cruise ship owned jointly by Rederi AB Gotland and Viking Line. She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards at Rauma, Finland for Birka Line, later owned by Rederi Ab Eckerö, and operated under their Birka Cruises brand. She sailed as Birka Paradise until 2013 and as Birka Stockholm until 2024.