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	Viking Sun in Tallinn, Estonia on May 28, 2018.
History
Name	Viking Sun
Namesake	Royal Viking Sun
Operator	Viking Ocean Cruises
Port of registry	Bergen, Norway
Builder	Fincantieri
Yard number	6246
Completed	September 2017
Identification	IMO number: 9725433; MMSI number: 257179000 ; Call sign: LAYT7;
Fate	Transferred to Chinese operation
History
Name	Zhao Shang Yi Dun "招商伊敦"
Namesake	China Merchants Group's first vessel "Yi Dun" from 1872
Operator	China Merchants Viking Cruises
Port of registry	Qianhai China
Acquired	April 2021
Identification	MMSI number: 414515000 ; Call sign: BOPU7;
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	47,842 GT; 4,797 DWT;
Length	228.2 m (748 ft 8 in)
Beam	28.8 m (94 ft 6 in)
Draught	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Ice class	1C
Installed power	2 × MAN 9L32/44CR (2 × 5,040 kW); 2 × MAN 12V32/44CR (2 × 6,720 kW);
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, two shafts (2 × 7,250 kW)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (service); 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (maximum);
Capacity	930 passengers
Crew	480

MV Viking Sun is a cruise ship operated by Viking Ocean Cruises. The fourth in a series of 930-passenger cruise ships to be built by Fincantieri for her operator, she was delivered at Fincantieri's shipyard in Ancona, Italy, on 25 September 2017.^[3]

In April 2021, ownership the Viking Sun was transferred to Viking Sun Ltd. of Bermuda, for operation by China Merchants Viking Cruises, a joint venture of Viking Ocean Cruises and China Merchants Shekou Cruises.^[1]^[4] She was then transferred to Chinese registration, with port of registry Qianhai, Shenzhen, and renamed Zhao Shang Yi Dun.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Viking Sun (9725433)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ "Datasheet" (PDF). Fincantieri. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ Gibson, Rebecca (September 26, 2017). "Viking Star leaves drydock". Cruise&Ferry.net. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
^ "Viking Sun Officially Joins China Merchants". Cruise Industry News. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ Si, Katherine (27 April 2021). "Renamed Zhao Shang Yi Dun, Viking Sun officially flies China flag". Seatrade Cruise News. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.