HISTORY
GTS Finnjet was a
cruise ferry, built in 1977 by Wärtsilä Helsinki, Finland for
Finnlines traffic between Finland and Germany. At the time
of her delivery, Finnjet was the fastest, longest and
largest car ferry in the world, and the only one powered by
gas turbines. At the point of her scrapping in 2008, she
remained the fastest conventional ferry in the world, with a
recorded top speed of 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph).
Finnjet had remained out of service since 2005, laid up in
Baton Rouge, Freeport and Genoa. Although she was purchased
by Club Cruise in November 2007 and renamed MS Da Vinci in
January 2008 for rebuilding into a cruise ship, the ship was
sold for scrap in May 2008. Following the sale she was
renamed MS Kingdom for her final voyage to the scrapyard in
Alang, India where scrapping finally started in September
2008.
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