MS Dalmatia

	MS Dalmatia in Split, Croatia, in 2011
History
Name	Pomerania (1978–2011); Dalmatia (2011–2014);
Owner	Polish Baltic Shipping Company (1978–2011); Blue Line International (2011–2014);
Port of registry	Kołobrzeg, Poland (1978–??); Nassau, Bahamas (??–2011); Panama (2011–2014); Cyprus (2014);
Ordered	1 May 1972
Yard number	B490/01
Laid down	4 October 1976
Launched	31 May 1977
Completed	June 1978
In service	1978–2014
Identification	IMO number: 7516761
Fate	Dismantled in Alang, India in 2014
General characteristics
Type	Cruiseferry
Tonnage	12,087 GT; 4,453 NT; 1,856 DWT;
Displacement	7,957 tons
Length	127.44 m (418 ft)
Beam	21.7 m (71 ft)
Height	37.5 m (123 ft)
Draft	5.64 m (19 ft)
Depth	12.36 m (41 ft)
Ice class	1B
Installed power	4 × Sulzer 6ZL40/48 (4 × 3,150 kW)
Propulsion	Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers; Two bow thrusters;
Capacity	148 cabins; 476 berths; 508 unberthed passengers; 277 cars; 468 m (1,535 ft) of ro-ro cargo;
Crew	90

M/S Dalmatia was a cruiseferry owned by the Croatia-based ferry operator Blue Line International operating the Ancona - Hvar route. She was built in 1978 as M/S Pomerania for Polferries.^[2]

In 1994, she had a minor collision (referred to as a "scrape") with another cruiseferry, M/S Silja Europa.^[3]

She was inserted on the Swinoujscie - Kopenhagen - Felixstowe route. The route was changed in 1979 to Helsinki - Nynäshamn - Gdynia. In 1980 the ship was rented to Kalmar Line for its Kalmar - Rönne route. Kalmar Line was bankrupt in 7/1980 and the ship was inserted to Polferries Karlskrona - Gdynia route. The ship was rented again in 1982 to Cotunav between Genua/ Marseille - Tunis. The ship was returned to Polferries 2 months later. The ship was inserted on the Swinoujscie - Malmö route in 1995. The route was changed again in 1997 to Malmö - Swinoujscie. In 2011 the ship was sold to Blue Line for their Split - Ancona route. The ship was dismantled in Alang, India in 2014.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Dalmatia (7516761)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "M/S Pomerania" (in Swedish). faktaomfartyg.se.
^ "MS Pomerania naarmutti Silja Europaa Helsingissä" [M/S Pomerania scratched M/S Silja Europa in Helsinki]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 1994-01-19. The M/S Pomerania that was docking in the south port of Eteläsatama was scratching M/S Siljan Europa on the pier on Tuesday afternoon in Helsinki. The accident was apparently due to ice control, which the captain of the Pomerania could not take into account.

[seaweb-1] "Dalmatia (7516761)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2] "M/S Pomerania" (in Swedish). faktaomfartyg.se.

[3] "MS Pomerania naarmutti Silja Europaa Helsingissä" [M/S Pomerania scratched M/S Silja Europa in Helsinki]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 1994-01-19. The M/S Pomerania that was docking in the south port of Eteläsatama was scratching M/S Siljan Europa on the pier on Tuesday afternoon in Helsinki. The accident was apparently due to ice control, which the captain of the Pomerania could not take into account.

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