MS Mega Andrea
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Mega Andrea is a cruiseferry owned and operated by Corsica Ferries Sardinia Ferries. She was formerly owned and operated by the Estonia-based Tallink as the MS Silja Festival, and used on their route connecting Riga, Latvia to Stockholm, Sweden. She was built in 1986 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland, for Effoa as MS Wellamo for use on Silja Line traffic. She was rebuilt in 1992 at Lloyds Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany as Silja Festival. In 2008 the ship was transferred from the Silja Line fleet to that of Tallink, but she retained her Silja-prefixed name.[1] After being replaced by MS Isabelle on the Stockholm-Riga route in May 2013 she was chartered as an accommodation ship to Kitimat, British Columbia. She was then sold in early 2015 to Corsica Ferries.
Mega Andrea at Nice in 2022 | |
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Route | - |
Ordered | 1983-04-13[4] |
Builder | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland[4] |
Yard number | 471[1] |
Laid down | 1984-05-22[4] |
Launched | 1985-03-15[1] |
Christened | 1986-01-09 by Pirkko Työläjärvi[4] |
Completed | 1986 |
Acquired | 1986-01-09[4] |
Maiden voyage | 1986-01-09[4] |
In service | 1986-01-09[4] |
Identification | IMO number: 8306498[1] |
Status | In service |
General characteristics (as built)[4] | |
Type | Cruiseferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 168.00 m (551 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 27.60 m (90 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 14.45 m (47 ft 5 in)[5] |
Ice class | 1 A Super |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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General characteristics (after 1992 rebuilt)[4] | |
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Notes | Otherwise the same as built MS Silja Europa |