MS Color Viking
Color Viking in Strömstad
- Peder pair
- Stena Invicta
- Wasa Jubilee
IMO no. 8317942
The Color Viking is a ferry by the Norwegian ferry company Color Line. It can accommodate up to 1720 passengers and 370 cars. For commercial vehicles are 490 lane meters available.
History
The Color Viking was born on May 4, 1984 adopted by the Nakskov Skibsværft keel and put on 18 October 1985 by Scandlines Denmark under the name pair Peder into service. The ship was used in the ferry service between Kalundborg and Aarhus. In 1991, the Swedish Stena Line, the ship and brought it as Stena Invicta ferry services between Dover and Calais in driving. In 1998 the ship was renamed Wasa Jubilee and wrong on the route from Vaasa to Umeå. After the Norwegian Color Line operated the ship already since 2000 in the charter, 2001, the official takeover. Under the name Color Viking ship for ferry traffic in the Skagerrak between Strömstad (Sweden) and Sandefjord (Norway ) is employed.
Sister ship Stena Nautica.
Incident
On January 13, 2011, there was a fire in the engine room. The fire could be erased by the crew and the journey will continue.