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MS Dalmatia

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MS Dalmatia at Split, Croatia, in 2011
History
Name
  • Pomerania (1978–2011)
  • Dalmatia (2011–2014)
Owner
Port of registry
Ordered1 May 1972[1]
Yard numberB490/01
Laid down4 October 1976[1]
Launched31 May 1977[1]
CompletedJune 1978[1]
In service1978–2014
IdentificationIMO number7516761
FateDismantled in Alang, India in 2014
General characteristics [1]
TypeCruiseferry
Tonnage
Displacement7,957 tons
Length127.44 m (418 ft 1 in)
Beam21.7 m (71 ft 2 in)
Height37.5 m (123 ft 0 in)
Draft5.64 m (18 ft 6 in)
Depth12.36 m (40 ft 7 in)
Ice class1B
Installed power4 × Sulzer 6ZL40/48 (4 × 3,150 kW)
Propulsion
Capacity
  • 148 cabins
  • 476 berths
  • 508 unberthed passengers
  • 277 cars
  • 468 m (1,535 ft) of ro-ro cargo
Crew90

MS Dalmatia was a cruiseferry owned by the Croatia-based ferry operator Blue Line International operating the Ancona - Hvar route. She was built in 1978 as MS Pomerania for Polferries.[2]

In 1994, she had a minor collision (referred to as a "scrape") with another cruiseferry, MS Silja Europa.[3]

She was inserted on the Swinoujscie - Kopenhagen - Felixstowe route. The route was changed in 1979 to Helsinki - Nynäshamn - Gdynia. In 1980 the ship was rented to Kalmar Line for its Kalmar - Rönne route. Kalmar Line was bankrupt in July 1980 and the ship was inserted to Polferries Karlskrona - Gdynia route. The ship was rented again in 1982 to Cotunav between Genua/ Marseille - Tunis. The ship was returned to Polferries two months later. The ship was inserted on the Swinoujscie - Malmö route in 1995. The route was changed again in 1997 to Malmö - Swinoujscie. In 2011 the ship was sold to Blue Line for their Split - Ancona route. The ship was dismantled in Alang, India in 2014.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Dalmatia (7516761)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "M/S Pomerania" (in Swedish). faktaomfartyg.se.
  3. ^ "MS Pomerania naarmutti Silja Europaa Helsingissä" [M/S Pomerania scratched M/S Silja Europa in Helsinki]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 1994-01-19. The M/S Pomerania that was docking in the south port of Eteläsatama was scratching M/S Siljan Europa on the pier on Tuesday afternoon in Helsinki. The accident was apparently due to ice control, which the captain of the Pomerania could not take into account.