Yard number 142 Length 175 m | Identification IMO number 7360186 Draft 5.86 m | |
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Name 1974-1981 Wellamo
1981-1984 Dana Gloria
1984-1985 Svea Corona
1985-1989 Dana Gloria
1989-1994 King of Scandinavia
1994-1998 Color Viking
1998 onwards Jupiter Operator 1974-1981 Silja Line
1981-1984 DFDS Seaways
1984-1985 FÅA / Silja Line
1985-1994 DFDS Seaways
1994-1998 Color Line
1998-2005 Fjord Line
2006-2007 Statoil
2007 onwards Jupiter Cruises Port of registry 1974-1981 Helsingfors
1981-1998 Esbjerg
1994-2005 Bergen
2006-2007 Tromsø
2007 onwards Panama Builder Dubegion-Normandie S.A. Nantes | ||
Ms jupiter og litt annet
The Jupiter is a cruiseferry owned and operated by Vietnamese Jupiter Cruises. The vessel operates cruises between Sihanoukville and the island of Phú Quốc.
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History
The Jupiter was built at the Dubegion-Normandie shipyard in Nantes in 1974 for FÅA / Silja Line. The vessel entered service between Helsinki and Stockholm in July 1975 as the Wellamo.
In 1981 the super ferries Silvia Regina and Finlandia entered service on the Helsinki - Stockholm route. The Wellamo was no longer required and sold to DFDS. The vessel was renamed Dana Gloria and placed on the Esbjerg - Newcastle route.
Between 1984 and 1985 the Dana Gloria was chartered back to Silja Line. She was renamed Svea Corona and placed on the Stockholm - Mariehamn - Turku route. At the end of the charter the vessel returned to her previous name of Dana Gloria operating on the Copenhagen - Oslo route until the winter of 1988/89 when the vessel was stretched by 22.3 meters by Meyer Werft in Papenburg. She emerged from rebuilding as the King of Scandinavia.
In 1994 the King of Scandinavia was replaced on the Copenhagen - Oslo route by the Crown of Scandinavia. The King of Scandinavia was immediately purchased by Color Line, renamed Color Viking and entered service on the Bergen - Haugesund - Stavanger - Newcastle route.
In 1998 Color Line sold the Color Viking and the Norway - UK route to Norwegian ferry operator Fjord Line. The vessel was renamed Jupiter. She operated the route until November 2005, being replaced by the larger Fjord Norway.
Between February 2006 and February 2007 the Jupiter was chartered to Statoil for use as an accommodation ship at Melkøya Island near Hammerfest.
In April 2007 the ship was sold to Hong Kong based Royal Group. The vessel operates cruises from Sihanoukville in Cambodia to the Vietnamese island of Phú Quốc.
MS Jupiter is temporarily out for sales since April 2011.
Sister ships
The Jupiter was the first of three identical ships built by the Dubegion-Normandie shipyard in the mid 70's.