Viking XPRS, 2009

Viking XPRS

IMO 9375654
Built 2008, Aker Yards Helsinki, Finland
Tonnage 35 778 GT
Length 186,71 m
Width 27,70 m
Draft 6,75 m
Ice class 1A Super
2 500 passengers
732 berths
230 cars
1 000 lanemeters
4 Wärtsilä diesels, combined 40 000 kW
2 propellers
2 bow thrusters
1 stern thruster
Speed 25 knots

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Departing Helsinki, photographed at Kustaanmiekka strait from Kustaanmiekka. 25 February 2009.

Departing Helsinki, photographed at Kruunuvuorenselkä from Kaivopuisto. 18 March 2009.

Arriving in Helsinki, photographed at Kustaanmiekka strait from Kustaanmiekka. 3 May 2009.

Arriving in Helsinki, photographed at Kustaanmiekka strait from Kustaanmiekka. 7 July 2009.

Viking XPRS, April 2008

Viking XPRS

IMO 9375654
Built 2008, Aker Yards Helsinki, Finland
Tonnage 35 778 GT
Length 186,71 m
Width 27,70 m
Draft 6,75 m
Ice class 1A Super
2 500 passengers
732 berths
230 cars
1 000 lanemeters
4 Wärtsilä diesels, combined 40 000 kW
2 propellers
2 bow thrusters
1 stern thruster
Speed 25 knots

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Arriving in Helsinki via the Kustaanmiekka strait after two days in service on 29 April 2008. Photographed from Kustaanmiekka.

Baltic Princess, July 2010

Baltic Princess

IMO 9354284
Built 2008, Aker Yards, France / Aker Yards, Helsinki, Finland
Tonnage 48 915 GT
Length 212,10 m
Width 29,00 m
Draft 6,42 m
Ice class 1A Super
2 800 passengers
2 484 berths
600 cars
1 130 lanemeters
4 Wärtsilä diesels, combined 32 000 kW
2 propellers
2 bow thrusters
Speed 24,5 knots

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Departing Helsinki West Harbour, photographed from Vattuniemi. 2 July 2010

Arriving in Helsinki West Harbour, photographed from Vattuniemi. 10 July 2010

Departing Helsinki West Harbour, photographed from Sisä-Hattu. 20 July 2010

Superstar, July 2010

Superstar

IMO 9365398
Built 2008, Fincantieri, Ancona, Italy
Tonnage 36 400 GT
Length 175,10 m
Width 27,60 m
Draft 7,00 m
Ice class 1A
2 080 passengers
520 berths
665 cars
1 930 lanemeters
4 Wärtsilä diesels, combined 50 400 kW
2 propellers
2 bow thrusters
Speed 27,5 knots

Superstar was built for Tallink by Fincantieri, as a sister ship of the Moby Aki they had built in 2005 for Moby Lines (which turn was based on two ships built for Moby by Daewoo in 2001). Originally the order for Superstar included an option for a sister ship (as did the order for Star), and it has been theorized that the Superstar and her unrealized sister were meant for Tallink's planned service from Estonia and/or Finland to Germany, which never materialized due to Tallink's buying the Baltic Sea operations of Superfast Ferries in 2006.

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Arriving in Helsinki West Harbour, photographed from Vattuniemi. 10 July 2010.

Arriving in Helsinki West Harbour, photographed from Sisä-Hattu. 20 July 2010.

Celebrity Constellation, July 2010

Celebrity Constellation

IMO 9192399

Built 2002, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France

Tonnage 90 228 GT 

Length 294,00 m

Width 32,30 m

Draft 8,20 m

2 450 passengers

2 General Electric gas turbines coupled to 1 steam turbine, 1 diesel engine

2 Rolls-Royce Mermaid pods

3 bow thrusters
1 stern thruster

Speed 24 knots

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Departing the Hernesaari cruise quay of Helsinki West Harbour, photographed from Hernesaari. 8 July 2010.

Departing the Hernesaari cruise quay of Helsinki West Harbour, photographed from Sisä-Hattu using a 70-200 mm lens my friend Paddy was kind enough to lend me. 20 July 2010.