Kristina Regina
Photographed in Spithead on the afternoon 5 June 1994 as part of the line up for the Fleet Review to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Photograph taken during the review and all the speed boats dashing about
She was completed 1960 in Oskarshamn, Sweden. Her orderer was the Rettig's Bore Company. She was the first ship being capable to carry vehicles, about 50 cars, on her route Turku - Stockholm. Originally she was s/s Bore, but later her 4000 HP steam engines were changed to diesel engines.
Her length is 99,8 m, breadth 15,3 m and depth 5,3 m.
She was sold in 1977 to the Jakob Lines, was renamed Borea and her route was Pietarsaari - Skellefteå at Gulf of Bothnia.
Since 1984 she had several owners and duties until she was 1987 sold to the Rannikkolinjat Company - since 1990 Kristina Cruises - painted blue & white and as the flagship of the company made several cruisings at the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and so on. She was retired in 2010. Her fate was unclear, but now she seems to become a restaurant and hotel by Aurajoki River in her original livery.
SS Bore was built at the Oskarshamn shipyard in Oskarshamn, Sweden as the last steamship to be built in the Nordic Countries. On 5 April 1960 she was delivered to the Finnish Bore Steamship Company, who were at the time collaborating with Finland Steamship Company and Rederi AB Svea (this collaboration gave birth to Silja Line in 1970). She was initially placed on the route Turku — Mariehamn — Stockholm, although she was often used on the Helsinki — Stockholm route as well.
In 1972 the ship was rebuilt with additional cabins. She ended service with Silja Line in September 1976, after which she was laid up in Stockholm until October 1977 when she was sold to Jakob Lines, a company which Bore Steamship owned a large share. She was renovated and renamed SS Borea. In 1978, the Borea started operating between Jakobstad and Skellefteå. Generally Jakob Lines only operated her during the summer months, the rest of the year was spent either laid up or occasionally chartered to other companies.
Jakob Lines sold the ship in 1984 to Finnish Aura Line who used her to restart steamship traffic from Turku to Stockholm as a tourist venture. Borea started traffic for Aura Line in June 1984, but in October of the same year Aura Line was declared bankrupt.
The ship spent another year laid up, until she was sold to a Canadian businessman who planned to convert her to a luxury cruise ship. The plan was never carried out, and the ship continued to be laid up in Turku until January 1987 when Rannikkolinjat, a Finnish company later known as Kristina Cruises, purchased her.
Kristina Regina entering Piraeus harbor and the ship was extensively rebuilt as a cruise ship, her steam engines switched to diesel ones and she was renamed MS Kristina Regina.
In 1988, Kristina Regina was placed on cruise traffic from Finland mostly to destinations along the Gulf of Finland, but later also destinations in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa's west coast.
In her current construction the Kristina Regina does not fulfill the requirements of the SOLAS 2010 regulations, and as a result she will be withdrawn from international cruise service in 2010, being replaced by the much larger Kristina Katarina.
Details: Wikipedia.
Kristina Regina
Photographed in Spithead on the afternoon 5 June 1994 as part of the line up for the Fleet Review to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Photograph taken during the review and all the speed boats dashing about
She was completed 1960 in Oskarshamn, Sweden. Her orderer was the Rettig's Bore Company. She was the first ship being capable to carry vehicles, about 50 cars, on her route Turku - Stockholm. Originally she was s/s Bore, but later her 4000 HP steam engines were changed to diesel engines.
Her length is 99,8 m, breadth 15,3 m and depth 5,3 m.
She was sold in 1977 to the Jakob Lines, was renamed Borea and her route was Pietarsaari - Skellefteå at Gulf of Bothnia.
Since 1984 she had several owners and duties until she was 1987 sold to the Rannikkolinjat Company - since 1990 Kristina Cruises - painted blue & white and as the flagship of the company made several cruisings at the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and so on. She was retired in 2010. Her fate was unclear, but now she seems to become a restaurant and hotel by Aurajoki River in her original livery.
SS Bore was built at the Oskarshamn shipyard in Oskarshamn, Sweden as the last steamship to be built in the Nordic Countries. On 5 April 1960 she was delivered to the Finnish Bore Steamship Company, who were at the time collaborating with Finland Steamship Company and Rederi AB Svea (this collaboration gave birth to Silja Line in 1970). She was initially placed on the route Turku — Mariehamn — Stockholm, although she was often used on the Helsinki — Stockholm route as well.
In 1972 the ship was rebuilt with additional cabins. She ended service with Silja Line in September 1976, after which she was laid up in Stockholm until October 1977 when she was sold to Jakob Lines, a company which Bore Steamship owned a large share. She was renovated and renamed SS Borea. In 1978, the Borea started operating between Jakobstad and Skellefteå. Generally Jakob Lines only operated her during the summer months, the rest of the year was spent either laid up or occasionally chartered to other companies.
Jakob Lines sold the ship in 1984 to Finnish Aura Line who used her to restart steamship traffic from Turku to Stockholm as a tourist venture. Borea started traffic for Aura Line in June 1984, but in October of the same year Aura Line was declared bankrupt.
The ship spent another year laid up, until she was sold to a Canadian businessman who planned to convert her to a luxury cruise ship. The plan was never carried out, and the ship continued to be laid up in Turku until January 1987 when Rannikkolinjat, a Finnish company later known as Kristina Cruises, purchased her.
Kristina Regina entering Piraeus harbor and the ship was extensively rebuilt as a cruise ship, her steam engines switched to diesel ones and she was renamed MS Kristina Regina.
In 1988, Kristina Regina was placed on cruise traffic from Finland mostly to destinations along the Gulf of Finland, but later also destinations in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa's west coast.
In her current construction the Kristina Regina does not fulfill the requirements of the SOLAS 2010 regulations, and as a result she will be withdrawn from international cruise service in 2010, being replaced by the much larger Kristina Katarina.
Details: Wikipedia.