PROFILPELAJAR.COM

	Viking Cinderella in Stockholm 2024
History
Finland
Name	1989–2003: Cinderella; 2003–onwards: Viking Cinderella;
Owner	1989–1995: SF Line; 1995–2003: Viking Line; 2003 onwards: Viking Rederi;
Operator	1989–1995: SF Line (in Viking Line traffic); 1995 onwards: Viking Line;
Port of registry	1989–2003. 2024 onwards: Mariehamn, Finland; 2003-2024: Stockholm, Sweden;
Route	Helsinki–Mariehamn–Stockholm
Builder	Wärtsilä Marine Perno Shipyard, Turku, Finland
Cost	SEK 850 million
Yard number	1302
Laid down	15 December 1988
Launched	15 April 1989
Completed	25 October 1989
Acquired	7 November 1989
In service	8 November 1989
Identification	Call sign: OIZS; IMO number: 8719188; MMSI number: 266027000;
Status	In service
General characteristics (as built, 1989)
Type	cruiseferry
Tonnage	46,398 GT; 4,228 DWT;
Length	191.00 m (626 ft 8 in)
Beam	29.00 m (95 ft 2 in)
Draught	6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
Depth	14.65 m (48 ft 1 in)
Decks	12 (11 passenger accessible)
Ice class	1 A Super
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 12ZAV40S; combined 28,800 kW (38,600 hp);
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity	2,700 passengers; 2,700 passenger berths; 480 cars;
General characteristics (as rebuilt, 2003)
Ice class	1 A Super
Speed	21.5 knots (39.82 km/h; 24.74 mph)
Capacity	2,560 passengers; 2,500 passenger berths; 480 cars; 860 lanemeters of cargo;
Notes	Otherwise the same as built

MS Viking Cinderella is a cruiseferry built in 1989 at Wärtsilä Marine Perno Shipyard in Turku, Finland, as MS Cinderella for SF Line, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She's currently used on the Helsinki to Stockholm route.

History

MS *Cinderella* in her original livery. Notice that there is no multi-deck panoramic window on the port side of the vessel.

The Cinderella was planned in the later half of the 1980s as the new flagship for SF Line. Her interior layout was based on that of MS Mariella but with more space and additional facilities. SF Line originally planned the Cinderella to take over the Mariella's place in Helsinki–Stockholm traffic (the Mariella would have been placed on a new route from Helsinki to Norrköping). The plan was never realised however, and when completed the Cinderella was placed as a third ship on the Helsinki–Stockholm route, with departures from Helsinki on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (at 19:30 instead of the normal 18:00), with a 25-hour (later 24-hour) cruise from Helsinki on Sundays. The one-day cruises proved very popular and after a few years they were made also on Fridays and Saturdays. In 1993, after the other Viking Line partner Rederi AB Slite went bankrupt, the Cinderella took over MS Olympia's place on the Helsinki–Stockholm route, sailing in tandem with the Mariella. At this time her passenger capacity was upgraded to 2,700, but it was soon lowered back to 2500. In autumn 1994 she swapped routes with MS Isabella, returning to making 24 (later 20) hour cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn. In summers 1995 and 1996 Cinderella sailed on the Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route, freeing MS Rosella for the seasonal Naantali–Mariehamn–Kapellskär route. In summers 2002 and 2003 Cinderella made cruises from Helsinki to Riga in addition to the normal 20 hour Tallinn cruises.

Viking Line decided to withdraw Cinderella from the Helsinki–Tallinn route after the end of the 2003 summer seasons, due to increased competition from Tallink's newer MS Romantika and the fact that tax-free sales on the route would end in 2004 when Estonia joined the EU. Cinderella was extensively rebuilt in Naantali, and emerged as the all-white Swedish-flagged Viking Cinderella for the Stockholm–Mariehamn 22-hour cruise market. The name change was dictated by necessity as a ship called Cinderella already existed in the Swedish ship registry. In 2003 the Viking Cinderella was declared the most environmentally friendly ship of her size in the world by the Swedish maritime authorities.^[5] From 2004 onwards Viking Cinderella made cruises to Riga (via Mariehamn in order to sell tax-free goods) during the summer season in addition to the 22-hour cruises. Viking Cinderella was the ship used in Sweden's Kanal 5 reality show Färjan. Negotiations were underway to restore the Stockholm-Mariehamn-Riga route in 2024.

MS Viking Cinderella is the only ship left in the Viking Line fleet to sail under Swedish flag after MS Rosella and MS Viking XPRS were reflagged to Finland and Estonia in January 2014.

After the joint purchase of MS Birka Stockholm with Rederi AB Gotland, Viking Line announced that Viking Cinderella will be replaced on the Stockholm–Mariehamn cruise service in early 2024. From March 2024, she has instead been employed on the Helsinki to Stockholm route.^[6] As a part of this move, the Viking Cinderella was reflagged to the Finnish flag.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Asklander, Micke. "M/S Cinderella (1989)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Viking Cinderella (15837)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
^ "M/S Cinderella inredning nro. 2". Fakta om Fartyg. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
^ "Cinderella" (PDF) (in Swedish, Finnish, and English). Viking Line. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
^ Vehmanen, Jukka (30 August 2008). "Viking Line hahmottelee purjeita ja aurinkovoimaa käyttävää laivaa" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
^ "Cinderella i reguljär trafik från Helsingfors 2024".
^ "Viking Cinderella reflagged under Finnish flag". 31 October 2023.