MV Sun Viking
History | |
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Name |
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Owner | Capital Dragon Global Holding[2] |
Operator | Island Ship Management, Ltd.[2] |
Port of registry |
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Builder | Oy Wärtsilä Ab Helsinki Shipyard, Finland |
Yard number | 394 |
Laid down | 18 May 1971[1] |
Launched | 27 November 1971 |
Completed | 10 November 1972[1] |
Maiden voyage | 1972 |
In service | 1972 |
Out of service | 2021 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped at Gadani, Pakistan in 2022 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 171.69 m (563.29 ft)[3] |
Beam | 24 m (78.74 ft)[3] |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[3] |
Capacity | 882 (lower berths)[5] |
Crew | 350[4] |
The MV Sun Viking, was one of the three original cruise ships ordered by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as part of their early fleet. The ship was first put into service in 1972. She was scrapped at Gadani Ship Breaking Yard, Pakistan in February 2022.
Along with her sister ships,
In 1998 Sun Viking was sold to
The ship was renamed Long Jie in 2007.[4] She was put up for sale on 10 June 2010.[citation needed] After being dry docked in Singapore, Long Jie was transformed into Oriental Dragon, leaving Singapore on 24 March 2011 bound for Guangzhou, China.
After several years of service as a gambling ship in Hong Kong, she moved to Penang, Malaysia to continue her career in late 2019. In 2021, the ship was finally retired and was scrapped at Gadani Ship Breaking Yard, Pakistan in February 2022 as Dragon.
Media
In 1985, Sun Viking appeared in the opening sequences of episode 6 of The Day the Universe Changed and
In 2018, Oriental Dragon featured in the movie L Storm.
External links
References
- ^ a b "Oriental Dragon". Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d "LONG JIE". Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- ^ a b "Long Jie". Archived from the original on 2008-12-01.
- ^ Asklander, Micke. "M/V VIKING SUN". Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ Beneath Crown and Anchor, a History of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines First 25 Years. [Maxtone Ghram]