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MS Estonia 

cruise ferry which sunk on 28 September 1994 Scale model of MS Estonia in the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn.  image   size comparison diagram
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Instance of	roll-on/roll-off ship (1980–1994) shipwreck (1994–)
Call sign	ESTE
Manufacturer	Meyer Werft
Yard number	590
Shipping port	Tallinn
Vessel class	ferry
Service entry	5 July 1980
Service retirement	28 September 1994 (capsizing)
Date of official opening	26 April 1980
Significant event	keel laying (1979) ship launching (1980) capsizing (852, Estonia disaster, 1994)
Gross tonnage	21,794
Beam	24.2 m
Draft	5.5 m
Length	157.02 m
Speed	21 kn
Maximum capacity	2,000
59° 23′ 00″ N, 21° 40′ 00″ E
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IMO number : 7921033
Name of ship : VIKING SALLY (28/06/1980–01/04/1990) → SILJA STAR → WASA KING (12/02/1991–01/01/1993) → ESTONIA (1993−1994)
Call Sign : OIKW → ESTE
MMSI :
Gross tonnage : 15566
DWT : 2935
Type of ship : Passenger Ship (during 1980)
Builder : Jos L Meyer Werft (590)
Year of build : 1980
Flag : Finland (28/06/1980–14/01/1993) → Cyprus → Estonia (28/01/1993–28/09/1994)
Port of registry : Mariehamn (29/06/1980–12/02/1991) ? → Vaasa (29/11/1990–1993) → Limassol (15/01/1993–28/01/1993) → Tallinn
Status of ship : Keel Laid (18/10/1979) → Launched (26/04/1980) → Delivered (29/06/1980) → In Service/Commission (05/07/1980–28/09/1994) → Sank 59°23′N 21°42′W (since 28/09/1994)
Registered owner : Rederi Ab Sally, Mariehamn, Finland → EFFOA, Helsinki, Finland (21/12/1988–15/12/1989) → Viking Sally, Mariehamn → Wasa King, Mariehamn → (15/12/1989–) → Vaasanlaivat OY → EstLine Marine Co Ltd.

• Type: Ferry (pax/RORO)
• Design by:
• Order date: 11.09.1979 Contract signed between the yard and Rederiaktiebolaget Sally
• Built by: Jos. L. Meyer at Papenburg in Germany
• Yard No: S.590
• Keel laid: 18.10.1979
• Launch date: 26.04.80
• Date of completion: 29.06.1980
• Built to the rules of Bureau Veritas with class notation “I 3/3 E + Passenger Ferry Deep Sea Ice 1A (Aut)”.
• Length over all: 155.4 m
• LPP: 137.40 m
• Beam: 24.2 m
• Depth to bulkhead deck, moulded: 7.65 m
• Maximum draft: 5.60 m
• Deadweight at max. draft: 3,006 dwt
• Light weight: 9,733 t
• Gross tonnage: 15,598
• Main engine: MAN 8 L 40/45 4 x 4,400 kW
• Electrical power: 4 x 1,104 kW
• Bow thrusters: 800 + 590 kW
• Maximum service speed: 21 knots
• Maximum number of passengers: 2,000

• 1980 Named: VIKING SALLY for Rederiaktiebolaget Sally, one of three companies which together formed the marketing consortium “Viking Line” Flag: Finland
• 1986 Sold to the Finnish/Swedish group Effjohn, owners of the competing Silja Line. Continued to operate in the Viking fleet under the original name.
• 04.1990 The Effjohn group took over full operation and transferred her to the Silja Line. Renamed: SILJA STAR.
• 01.1991 transferred to the Wasa Line, another subsidiary of the Effjohn group. Renamed: WASA KING.
• 1993 Sold to the Estline Marine Company Limited, which is registered in Cyprus.
• 15.01.1993 Delivered and registered in Cyprus to satisfy the requirements of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development for financing the vessel on a mortgage basis. Permission had been obtained for parallel registration in Estonia
• 28.01.1993 The vessel was entered in the Estonian Ship Register
• After delivery drydocking in Turku she entered service for passenger and cargo traffic between Tallinn and Stockholm. Renamed: ESTONIA.
• 01.02.1993 First voyage under new name.
• 28.9.94 Capsized & sank 59.23N/21.42E