Viking Sally

1980 June 29

Delivered to Rederi AB Sally under the name Viking Sally and put on the Åbo/Turku-Mariehamn-Stockholm trade on the 5th of July.

1987 October

Rederi AB Sally withdrew from the Viking Line but Viking Sally was charted by Rederi AB Slite (Viking Line) for 18 months.

1989 February

Sold to EFFOA, Helsingfors, but once again chartered by Rederi AB Slite for another 12 months.

1990

Transferred to the Silja Line and renamed Silja Star to be used as a replacement for the delayed Silja Serenade.

1991

Renamed Wasa King and put on the Kvarken trade.

1993

Sold to the Estonian shipping line Estline (Nordström & Thulin and Estonian Shipping Company Ltd.). Put on the Tallinn-Stockholm trade on the 1st of February.

1994 September 28

Foundered in a 25 m/s storm with the loss of 852 lives.

References:

• The Estonia Disaster - September 28, 1994. Radio Sweden.
• M/S Estonia September 28, 1994, by S.-G. Berglund.
• Final Report on the Capsizing on 28 September 1994 in the Baltic Sea of the Ro-Ro Passenger Vessel MV "Estonia" by the Joint Accident Investigation Commission of Estonia, Finland and Sweden.

Updated 1997-12-05 by Lars Bruzelius

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