15,566 gt; 2,800 dwt; 2,000 passengers; 1,190 cabin berths; 460 cars.
Owner: Rederiaktiebolaget Sally, Mariehamn, Finland; Operator: Viking Line.
Built: 1980 by Jos L Meyer, Papenburg/Ems, West Germany. Yard no 590.
Propulsion: twin-screw with 4 x eight-cylinder, four-stroke MAN 8L40/45 of 24,000 bhp (total) at 600 rpm. Speed: 21 knots.
1988-sold to EFFOA, Helsinki. 1990-chartered to Silja Line, renamed SILJA STAR; 1991-renamed WASA KING.
1993-sold/renamed ESTONIA for services between Stockholm and Tallinn.
1994-at 01.24 hrs on 28th September, ESTONIA sank during one of the most severe storms ever seen on the Baltic. Over 850 lives were lost.