- MS Winston Churchill
The MS "Winston Churchill" was built in 1967 by Cantieri Navali del Torrino e Riuniti S.P.A. Riva Trigoso, Genoa, Italy.
The "Winston Churchill" was built as a car ferry for the
Scandinavian Seaways DFDS service fromEsbjerg toHarwich , and proved a very successful vessel on the route. As demand for vehicle-carrying services grew, larger vessels were required for the route and the "Winston Churchill" was transferred to theRiver Tyne in 1978, for the twice-weekly service toGothenburg , following the arrival of the new DFDS vessel MS|Dana Anglia on the Harwich route. She was eventually replaced on the Esbjerg route out of the Tyne by a new vessel, the MS|King of Scandinavia|1974|6 in1995 , and moved to a new route, also from the Tyne, toIjmuiden ,Netherlands , which she maintained until the following year. She was badly damaged by a fire in her alternator room during a refit at Esbjerg in April 1996, and she was subsequently repaired and sold toEmpress Cruise Lines , becoming the "Mayan Empress". She was eventually sold for scrap in India in 2004.pecifications
* Dimensions. 140,65 x 20,53 x 5,59 m.
* Grt: 8,657
* Nrt: 4,778
* Dwt. DWT|2,235|metric|first=yes
* Engine. 2x 2D 2SA B&W 1050-VT2BF-110 diesel.
* Effect 14,000 hk.
* Speed 21,0 knots
* Passengers 750 (only app. 100 when sailing as luxary liner)
* Cars 180
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