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GTS M/S Finnjet is a cruiseferry, built in 1977 by Wärtsilä Helsinki, Finland. As of June 2006, it belongs to Sea Containers Ltd. At the time of its delivery Finnjet was the fastest, longest and largest car ferry in the world, and the only one powered by gas turbines. She is still the fastest conventional ferry today, with a recorded top speed of 33 knots. Image File history File links GTS_Finnjet_Helsinki. ... Image File history File links GTS_Finnjet_Helsinki. ... Pride of Bilbao, a cruise ferry operated by P&O Ferries. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤ is a Finnish manufacturer of power plants (mainly diesel-powered) for use in electricity generation and ship power, and associated services. ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Sea Containers House on the River Thames. ... This machine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ...

Overview

Finnjet was built at the Wärtsilä shipyard (now Aker Finnyards) (Build-No. 407) in Helsinki, Finland and delivered to Enso-Gutzeit to serve in their subsidiary Finnlines. The ship was put on the route between Helsinki in Finland and Travemünde in West Germany, taking only 22 hours for a one-way crossing. At the time Travemünde was the closest port to Finland in mainland Western Europe, being located in the Federal German state of Schleswig-Holstein just west of the border with East Germany. The Helsinki — Travemünde connection was also easier for passengers than a route terminating in East Germany or Poland: between Finland and West Germany there were no visa-restrictions and far less paperwork was required in general. WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤ is a Finnish manufacturer of power plants (mainly diesel-powered) for use in electricity generation and ship power, and associated services. ... Aker Finnyards is a Finnish shipbuilding company. ... Stora Enso Oyj (NYSE: SEO) is a Finnish–Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso in 1998. ... Finnlines ships in Helsinki in 2004 Finnlines (Oy Finnlines Ltd) is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight all over Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... Barque Passat in TravemÃ¼nde TravemÃ¼nde is a borough of LÃ¼beck located at the mouth of river Trave into LÃ¼beck Bay. ... Barque Passat in TravemÃ¼nde TravemÃ¼nde is a borough of LÃ¼beck located at the mouth of river Trave into LÃ¼beck Bay. ... A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... GDR redirects here. ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... Barque Passat in TravemÃ¼nde TravemÃ¼nde is a borough of LÃ¼beck located at the mouth of river Trave into LÃ¼beck Bay. ... Visa or VISA has several meanings: Look up visa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Visa (document) â€” a document required to enter a specific country. ...

In addition to being the largest and fastest ship of her time, Finnjet is also widely considered to have been the first genuine cruiseferry. Her cabins were very much ahead of their time for a ferry, it was not until over a decade later when other ferries would match the size and fittings of Finnjet's cabins. Her restaurants and other services were also superior to other ferries of her time. Finnjet's influence can be clearly seen on the first genuine cruiseferries built for Finland — Sweden traffic in 1980-81, ships such as M/S Viking Song, M/S Viking Sally and M/S Finlandia. M/S Regina Baltica in Stockholm, August 2006 M/S Regina Baltica is a cruiseferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink. ... M/S Estonia Model of the M/S Estonia in Tallinns Maritime Museum The M/S Estonia was a car and passenger ferry built in 1979 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. ... M/S Queen of Scandinavia, originally M/S Finlandia is a cruiseferry, built in 1981 in WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤, Turku, for Effoa for Silja Lines Helsinki - Stockholm service. ...

Partially due to being such a ground-breaking ship, Finnjet was also extremely prestigious, which helps explain why she remained in traffic on the Baltic Sea for such a long time even though she was often unprofitable. Famous Finnish painter Kimmo Kaivanto provided paintings and drawings to decorate the ship, and he even designed a Finnjet medallion to commemorate the ship's commission. In 1977 a 7" single, Finnjet Waltz, was also recorded in honour of the ship, and she was the first ship ever to have a Lego model of her for sale onboard. As late as the early 90's Silja Line still considered Finnjet to be one of their greatest ships, and in their brochures she appeared right after the brand-new Helsinki - Stockholm ferries, ahead of many ships that were both newer and larger than Finnjet herself was. Even today, three years after she stopped sailing from Finland, the Finnjet is still the best-known indivial ship in the country. She also has a very good reputation in Germany still, and recently (August 2006) Silja Line's new owners Tallink went on record considering adapting the name Finnjet for their Finland - Germany ferries (to the dismay of ferry enthustiasts in Finland and Germany). The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53Â°N to 66Â°N latitude and from 20Â°E to 26Â°E longitude. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-sides, often accompanied by several B-sidesâ€”usually remixes or other songs. ... Lego Group logo. ... (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... Tallinks logo Tallink is an Estonian shipping company currently operating cruiseferries and ropax ships from Estonia to Finland, Estonia to Sweden, Latvia to Sweden and Finland to Germany, as well as high-speed crafts between Helsinki and Tallinn. ...

Service History

Due to her high fuel consumption, Finnjet was not a very profitable ship and after only a few years of service there were rumours that she would be sold. To increase her profitability, the ship was converted to a combined diesel-electric and gas propulsion with the addition of diesel-electric generators in 1981 in Amsterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij, Amsterdam. The change allowed to operate the ship on slower speeds with cheaper fuel during the winter months. On the way to the shipyard she became the largest ship to have passed through the Kiel Canal at that time. A year later 75% of Finnjet's shares were sold to Effoa (one of the owners of Silja Line), and Finnjet Line was established as a joint venture of Finnlines and Effoa to operate the Finnjet. Starting from November 1985, Finnjet made 24-hour (later 22-hour) backtracking cruises from Helsinki during the winter season. The final batch of these cruises in October-December 1995 included a short stop in Tallinn. In January 1986 another major renovation was carried out at Wärtsilä Helsinki, with new Commodore-class cabins added in place of the old sundeck. Shortly after the refit the Denmark-based DFDS made an offer to buy the Finnjet, but the offer was refused. Instead, in June of the same year Finnlines sold their remaining shares of the Finnjet to Effoa. In the beginning of 1987 the ship was painted in Silja Line's colors and incorporate in Silja's fleet. However, the technical responsibility for operating the Finnjet remained with Finnlines until May 1985 (this was of little consequence as Finnlines was almost entire owned by Effoa at the time). COmbined Diesel-eLectric And Gas (CODLAG) is a modification of the combined diesel and gas propulsion system for ships. ... Generator redirects here. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Agglomeration - 1. ... The Kiel Canal (in German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a 98 kilometre long waterway linking the North Sea at BrunsbÃ¼ttel, Germany to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau, Germany. ... S/S Titania, an FÃ…A ship that sailed on Helsinki/Hankoâ€“ Copenhagenâ€“ Hull in the early 20th century. ... Silja Line ships in Helsinki in 2004 Silja Line (Silja Oyj Apb) is a Finnish shipping company owned as of 2006 by the Estonian ferry operator Tallink. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... County Harju County Mayor JÃ¼ri Ratas Area 159. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DFDS Headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After the ship had become a part of the Silja Line fleet, further renovations at HDW Kiel in 1987, 1988 and 1989 saw almost all of the ship's public spaces rebuilt. In 1990 Effoa merged with its fellow Silja Line partner Johnson Line to form EffJohn. In 1991 an extremely large-scale reconstruction was planned, where the ship would have been lengthened by 20 meters, cabins enlarged, a new outdoor swimming pool added, and much the superstructure built to a sleeker appearance. Unfortunately the plan proved to be too costly and was abandoned; the funds that had been raised for this reconstruction went to the rebuilding of M/S Svea and M/S Wellamo into Silja Karneval and Silja Festival. view on HDW-shipyard at Kiel Howaldtswerke is a German shipyard founded 1838 in Kiel at the Bay of Kiel of the Baltic Sea. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... M/S Color Festival cruising in the Oslofjord. ... Silja Festival arriving to Mariehamn in 2005. ...

Starting from 1992 Finnjet was used to monitor surface-layer chlorophyll, temperature and salinity in waters she sailed through for research by the Finnish Institute of Marine Research.^[1] A new transmission system installed in 1994 (again at HDW Kiel) raised the top speed to 33 knots and allowed for a mixed operation of turbines and diesel engines. September of the same year M/S Estonia, Finnjet's former fleetmate, sank during a heavy storm on the North Baltic. Finnjet was amongst the ferries used to search for survivors on the disaster area but she had to leave soon when cars carries on her upper cardeck started moving in the heavy seas, creating another potentially dangerous situation. In 1997 Finnjet ship was docked at Götaverken Cityvarvet, Gothenburg and rebuilt with a larger tax-free shop in preparation for her new itenaries where she served on the Helsinki — Travemünde route only during the summer months, the rest of the year she sailed on the Helsinki — Tallinn route. Originally the port in Tallinn was Muuga, but when the ship-way of Tallinn's old harbour was reconstructed in 1998, Finnjet moved there from the start of January 1999. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... M/S Estonia Model of the M/S Estonia in Tallinns Maritime Museum The M/S Estonia was a car and passenger ferry built in 1979 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Gothenburg in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden County VÃ¤stra GÃ¶taland County Province VÃ¤stergÃ¶tland Charter 1621 - Mayor GÃ¶ran Johansson Area - City 450 kmÂ² (174 sq mi) - Water 14. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 1999 the summer-route was altered to Helsinki — Tallinn — Rostock. In autumn of the same year the Finnish Institute of Marine Research installed new equipment for monitoring water quality and algae. In mid-May 2002, only a few days after Finnjet's 25th anniversary cruise, Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported the ship was for sale. At the time the information was thought to be false but later reports indicate the Finland-based Eckerö Line did consider buying her around that time. In April 2004 Finnjet called in Helsinki for the last time, after which she left for another refit at Aker Finnyards, Rauma in preparation for her new St. Petersburg — Tallinn — Rostock -route. During the refit her interiors were entirely rebuilt, new rudders were installed and bridge wings covered. The new route was believed to be profitable all year round, but this proved not to be the case. After the first summer season Finnjet was laid up for the winter 2004-2005, and the route was eventually terminated after the 2005 summer season, and the ship was put up for sale. Rostock is a city in northern Germany. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Helsingin Sanomat is the biggest subscription newspaper in Finland. ... EckerÃ¶ Line M/S Nordlandia in Tallinn EckerÃ¶ Line and EckerÃ¶ Linjen are two Finnish shipping companies owned by the Ã…land-based Rederiaktiebolaget EckerÃ¶, founded in 1961. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aker Finnyards is a Finnish shipbuilding company. ... Rauma, or Raumo in Swedish, is a town of ca. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During the winter of 2005—2006, Finnjet was chartered to the faculty of medicine of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans to provide housing to students, faculty, and staff displaced by Hurricane Katrina. It was docked on the west bank of the Mississippi River across from Baton Rouge, at the base of the Horace Wilkinson Bridge. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2591x1116, 592 KB) The original version of the image is also available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2591x1116, 592 KB) The original version of the image is also available. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. ... Nickname: Red Stick Motto: Authentic Louisiana at every turn Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish East Baton Rouge Parish Founded 1699 Incorporated 16 January 1817 Government - Mayor Melvin Kip Holden (D) Area - City 79. ... The Horace Wilkinson Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 10 across the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ...

On June 6, 2006, at the end of her charter Finnjet left Baton Rouge for Freeport, Bahamas. At the same time her ownership passed from Silja Line to their (then-)parent company Sea Containers. The ship has had all Silja Line markings painted over and has been reflagged from Finnish to Bahamian registry. Seemingly there are no plans to have the ship again in the Baltic Sea. There have been rumours suggesting she is to be sold to a Florida-based company as a casino-ship.^[2] A news report in September 2006 suggested she would have been sold to Italy-based Moby Lines, but this proved to be false.^[3] During the autumn of 2006 it was reported that several bids have been made from the United States, Finland and Scandinavia.^[4] On 26 November a SeaContainers representative reported that a deal was expected to be closed "within the next few weeks", with a sale price in excess of 20 million dollars.^[5] Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. ... Silja Line ships in Helsinki in 2004 Silja Line (Silja Oyj Apb) is a Finnish shipping company owned as of 2006 by the Estonian ferry operator Tallink. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53Â°N to 66Â°N latitude and from 20Â°E to 26Â°E longitude. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] kmÂ²) - Width 361 miles (582 km) - Length 447 miles (721 km) - % water 17. ... Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe and includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On January 24, 2007 it was reported that the Finnjet has been either chartered or sold to the St. Kitts and Nevis -based cruise company Royal Zante Cruises, to be used as an accommodation ship during the 2007 Cricket World Cup between 12 March and 29 April, and after that for cruising around the Caribbean aimed at passengers from the Caribbean Islands, offering three, four, seven and 14-day cruises.^[6]^[7] It was later reported that due to low demand, the Finnjet wouldn't be used as a hotel ship after all.^[8] Whether or not she will be used as a cruise ship by Royal Zante Cruises remains uncertain. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... The Cricket World Cup, is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... West Indian redirects here. ...

Decks

Public spaces have been named as they were when the ship was last in active service for Silja Line in 2005. On the Finnjet only decks to which passengers have access are numbered, the main engine room is below deck 1.

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Specifications

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References

^ Phytoplankton Blooms in the Baltic Sea in 1994, retireved 17 March 2007
^ Finnjetweb news, 3. 8. 2006, retireved 17 March 2007
^ FCBS Forum - Finnjet's Future after Baton Rouge, retirved 17 March 2007
^ FCBS Forum - Finnjet's Future after Baton Rouge, retirved 17 March 2007
^ Siljaweb & Finnjetweb Forums - Finnjet's Sale, retireved 17 March 2007
^ Cricketworld.com Royal Zante Cruises To The Caribbean, retireved 17 March 2007
^ Cruise Ship Lodging For Cricket World Cup, retrieved 17 March 2007
^ Sun St.Kitts/Nevis: Cruise Ship Recall ... Economic Sense Prevents Docking, retrieved 19 March 2007

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