- MS Crown of Scandinavia
MS "Crown of Scandinavia" is a
cruiseferry operated byDFDS Seaways on a route connectingCopenhagen ,Denmark toOslo ,Norway . The ship was built in1994 byBrodogradilište Split inSplit ,Croatia . She was originally ordered byEuroway and was to be called MS "Frans Kockum" but never sailed under that name. The ship was also temporarily renamed MS "Thomas Mann" during construction.History
Euroway originally planned to operate two cruiseferries on a route connecting
Malmö ,Sweden toTravemünde ,Germany . To archieve that two identical cruiseferries were ordered from Brodogradilište Split, Croatia, to be called MS "Frans Suell" and MS "Frans Kockum". The ships were a somewhat enlarged version of MS "Amorella" and MS "Isabella" that the shipyard had built forSF Line in1988 and1989 , respectively. Due to theYugoslav wars the delivery of the "Frans Suell" was delayed by nearly a year, from1991 to1992 . Poor profitability of the route, further delays in construction of the second ship and a joint operations agreement withSilja Line made Euroway decide to cancel the order for MS "Frans Kockum".After the order was cancelled, the ship was renamed MS "Thomas Mann" and work on her was continued, but at a a more leisurely pace. In March1994 the Thomas Mann sailed from the shipyard in Split to theFincantieri shipyard atTrieste ,Italy , where finalising touches were put on her. On2 May 1994 DFDS made a tentative agreement to purchase the ship, and bought her ten days later. The ship was finally delivered on11 June 1994 . From Trieste she sailed toLloyd Werft ,Bremerhaven , Germany, where sternsponsons were added to the ship for increased stability.On
26 July the ship was renamed MS "Crown of Scandinavia" and began sailing onScandinavian Seaways (a marketing name for DFDS passenger operations) Copenhagen —Helsingborg — Oslo -service. In1999 the company name reverted to DFDS Seaways. Sometime between 1999 and2003 the ship's livery was slightly altered, the frames of her bridge windows (originally black) were now painted white, arguably unbalancing her profile. In January2005 the ship was rebuilt atÖresundsvarvet ,Landskrona , Sweden. On15 October 2006 the call at Helsingborg was dropped from the route in order to cut down fuel and pilot expenses.Decks
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Engine room
# Seaways-class cabins, crew gym, crew cabins (for waiters)
# Cardeck
# Car platform, can be lowered hydraulically.
# Seaways-class cabins
# Adventure clubspa , seaways-class cabins, crew cabins (for catering assistants)
# Youth@club, information desk, bureau de change, tax free shops, children's playroom, Baresso Coffee, commodore and seaways-class cabins, crew cabins (for shop assistants and galley assistants)
# 7 Seasbuffét restaurant, Latitude Café, Blue Riband restaurant, Explorer's restaurant, Navigator's Bar, Marco Polo restaurant, Red & White wine bar, Columbusnight club
# Heaven 11 club &discothèque commodore-class cabins, crew mess, crew cabins (stewardess and deck hands)
# Heaven 11 club & discothèque (second floor), Conference Centre, crew cabins (catering officers)
# Commodore de luxe lounge, commodore balcony cabins, crew cabins (deck officers)
# BridgeExternal links
* [http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/crown_of_scandinavia_1994.htm MS Crown of Scandinavia] at Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish)
* [http://www.dfdsseaways.dk/DSW/DA/OnBoard/co/ Company Website for Crown of Scandinavia] (in Danish)
* [http://www.dfds.com/DFDSGROUP/EN/Fleet/Passenger/CrownofScandinavia Company Website for Crown of Scandinavia] (in English)
* [http://www.ferry-site.dk/changelang.php?lang=en The Ferry Site]fi:M/S Crown of Scandinavia sv:M/S Crown Of Scandinavia
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