Prinsessan Birgitta
1974
(Risaloweska RI-53)
- Type: Ferry
- Displacement: 13,286 grt
- Dimensions: 500 x 56 x 18 ft.
- Machinery: Pielstick diesel, 15,890 kW = 23 knots
- Passengers: 1203
- Cars: 320
- Trucks: 36
- Builder: Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Åbo, Finland, 1974
- Service: Initially owned by consortium of Scandinavian ferry lines. Used in Sessan Line summer service between Gothenburg and Travemunde, and winter service between Travemunde and Copenhagen. In 1981 started service for Stena Lines from Gothenburg to Kiel; sold to Sessanlinjen and renamed Stena Scandinavia in 1982; rebuilt with more cabins in 1984. Changed ownership multiple times and renamed Scandinavixa in 1987. Moved to various different services in English Chammel and Mediterranean, renamed Tarek L in 1989, then Scandinavixa again. Sold 1989 to Norway Line, renamed Venus 1990 and put into North Sea service. Taken over by DFDS in 1994 and renamed King of Scandinavia, serving Newcastle, Hamburg, Esbjerg, Ijmuiden. Renamed Cesme in 2002, Wind Ambition in 2010, Prince in 2018, Princess in 2021, finally to Bangladesh for scrapping.
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