![]() Silja Serenade navigating in the Stockholm archipelago in 2016
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Name | Silja Serenade |
Owner |
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Operator | 1990 onwards: Silja Line[1] |
Port of registry | |
Route | Helsinki–Mariehamn–Stockholm |
Ordered | 26 October 1987 |
Builder | Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Turku, Finland |
Yard number | 1301[1] |
Laid down | 29 May 1989[1] |
Launched | 6 November 1989[1] |
Acquired | 15 November 1990[1] |
Maiden voyage | 17 November 1990[1] |
In service | 17 November 1990[1] |
Identification | |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruiseferry |
Tonnage | 58,376 GT |
Length | 203.03 m (666.1 ft) |
Beam | 31.93 m (104.8 ft) |
Draught | 7.12 m (23.4 ft) |
Decks | 13 |
Ice class | 1 A Super |
Installed power | |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Capacity |
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MS Silja Serenade is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp,[3] operating under their Silja Line brand on a route connecting Helsinki to Stockholm via Mariehamn. She was built in 1990 by Masa-Yards at Turku New Shipyard, Finland. From 26 June 2020, to 13 September 2020, the ship's route was Helsinki–Riga, which got replaced by the cruiseferry MS Baltic Queen.