Name Viking Grace Length 218 m Launched 10 August 2012 | Ordered 22 December 2010 Construction started 6 March 2012 Beam 32 m | |
Cost 240 million euro (estimate) | ||
MS Viking Grace is a cruiseferry constructed at STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland for the Finland-based ferry company Viking Line. The ship was delivered to her owners on 10 January 2013, and took service on 13 January 2013. It is the first large scale passenger ferry to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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- Construction
- Principal Particulars
- Decks
- Engineering
- References
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Construction
Construction on the ship started on 28 November 2011. On 17 February 2012, the ship's name was revealed as Viking Grace.
Principal Particulars
The ferry MS Viking Grace has length of 218 m (715 ft 3 in), beam of 31.8 m (104 ft 4 in) and maximum summer draft of 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in). The ship has deadweight of 6,107 DWT and gross tonnage of 57,565 GRT, which gives maximum passenger capacity for 2,800 people. The vessel has 880 rooms, restaurants, bars, spa and shopping centers. Also on board of MS Viking Grace there are 1,000 m for cars and 1,275 m for storage of Ro-Ro cargo.
Decks
Engineering
The ferry MS Viking Grace is modern and high-tech vessel, which is driven by four diesel/gas electric engines Wartsila 8L50DF, each with power of 10,100 hp. MS Viking Grace is the first passenger ship, which is LNG fueled with higher efficiency and lower fuel consumption. The Cruise ferry Viking Grace is also the first ship, which install turbosail for hybrid usage of wind power. The new technology is called Rotor Sail Solution and developed by the Finnish company Norsepower and already proved its economic efficiency.
On board of the ferry will be installed rotor cylinder with height of 24.00 m and a width of 4.00 m. During the operations, the cylinder rotates around its and receives additional power from the airflow. Such propulsion was developed and patented by the German engineer Anton Flettner in 1922. MS Viking Grace will become the first ferry, which uses hybrid the wind power and diesel/gas engine.