MS Birka Stockholm

Birka Stockholm in Mariehamn in January 2023.
History
Sweden
Name	2004–2013: Birka Paradise 2013–2024: Birka Stockholm 2024 onwards: Birka Gotland [3]
Owner	2004–2011: Birka Line Abp 2011–2023: Rederi Ab Eckerö 2023 onwards: Gotland Alandia Cruises[4]
Port of registry	2004–2009: Mariehamn,  Åland (Finland) 2009 onwards: Stockholm,  Sweden[2]
Route	Laid up. To enter service for new, unnamed company owned by Rederi AB Gotland and Viking Line in 2024.
Ordered	19 November 2002
Builder	Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland[3]
Yard number	442[3]
Laid down	19 October 2003[3]
Launched	15 April 2004[3]
Christened	10 November 2004 by Arja Saijonmaa[2]
Completed	8 November 2004[3]
In service	11 November 2004[2]
Identification	IMO number: 9273727 Call sign: SIJW MMSI number: 266314000[1]
Status	Laid up
General characteristics [3]
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	34,924 GT 18,839 NT 4,022 DWT
Length	177 m (580 ft 9 in)
Beam	28 m (91 ft 10 in)
Height	43 m (141 ft 1 in)[5]
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Depth	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Decks	11 (10 passenger accessible)[5]
Ice class	1 A Super[5]
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä 6L46 23,400 kW (combined)[2]
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) service speed[5]
Capacity	1,800 passengers[2]

MS Birka Stockholm is a cruise ship owned jointly by Rederi AB Gotland and Viking Line. She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards at Rauma, Finland for Birka Line, later owned by Rederi Ab Eckerö, and operated under their Birka Cruises brand. She sailed as Birka Paradise until 2013.^[2]