For other ships with the same name, see MS Scandinavia.
As Wawel in Gdańsk, Poland in May 2007
History
Name
Wawel (2004–present)
Alkmini A (2003–2004)
PO Canterbury (2002–2003)
P&OSL Canterbury (1999–2002)
Stena Fantasia (1991–1999)
Fantasia (1990–1991)
Fiesta (1988–1990)
Tzarevetz (1982–1988)
Scandinavia (1980–1982)[1]
Port of registry
Nassau, Bahamas[1]
Builder
Kockums Varv AB, Sweden[1]
Yard number
569[1]
Launched
1 December 1979[2]
Identification
IMO number: 7814462[1]
MMSI Number: 311852000
Call sign: C6TY9
General characteristics
Tonnage
8,919 GRT[1]
Length
163.51 m (536 ft 5 in)[1]
Beam
23.04 m (75 ft 7 in)[1]
Draught
28.4 m (93 ft 2 in)[1]
Propulsion
2 x Sulzer 7RLA56[1]
Speed
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) [1]
MS Wawel is a ferry launched in 1979 as the Scandinavia.[3] She spent a large part of her career serving the Dover-Calais cross channel ferry route with successive operators. She is currently in service with Polferries as Wawel.
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^"Fantasia". DoverFerryPhotos.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
^"Fantasia". SimplonPC.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
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Romania, France, and Britain to Canada. The bulk of them came from the Wawel Castle in Kraków and included a rich collection of Jagiellonian tapestries...
cross-channel ferry operated by Sealink and Stena Line, now known as the Wawel Fiesta (apple), an apple cultivar Fiesta (dinnerware), the line of Homer...
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from 1320 to 1764. It now is displayed in the treasure vault of the royal Wawel Castle in Kraków, as the only preserved part of the medieval Polish crown...
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to marry the princess. A popular Polish folk tale is the legend of the Wawel Dragon, which is first recorded in the Chronica Polonorum of Wincenty Kadłubek...
the heart of John Paul II to be removed from his body and transferred to Wawel Cathedral to be buried alongside the greatest of Poland's monarchs and National...
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of the Eastern and Western Slavs. The Poles have St. Jerzy fighting the "Wawel smok" (the serpent of Krakow Castle). The Russian ecclesiastical verse,...
Archcathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr and St Wenceslas (Wawel Cathedral) Immemorial Poland Kraków Basilica of St Francis of Assisi (Franciscan...
is declared, May 18. Official end of the funeral of Józef Piłsudski at Wawel Castle in Kraków. Edward Rydz-Śmigły becomes General Inspector of Polish...
indications that we remember dinosaurs. The Scots have Nessie; we Poles have the Wawel dragon." In 1998, Ioan Moisin, a Christian Democratic senator and a Greek...
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Szczerbiec. It is currently on display along with other royal items in the Wawel Royal Castle Museum, Kraków. Most of the crown jewels were plundered by...
000 people present November 2. The Germans officially change name of the Wawel Castle into Krakauer-Burg. First Poles, displaced from German-occupied western...
Global Information
Bahamas[1]