MS Gabriella

Gabriella in Kustaamiekka strait, Helsinki
History
Name:	1992–1994: Frans Suell 1994–1997: Silja Scandinavia 1997 onwards: Gabriella
Owner:	1992–1997: Sea-Link Shipping 1997 onwards: Viking Line
Operator:	1992–1994: Euroway 1994–1997: Silja Line 1997 onwards: Viking Line
Port of registry:	1992–1997: Malmö,  Sweden 1997 onwards: Mariehamn,  Finland
Route:	Helsinki–Mariehamn– (as of 2008)
Ordered:	28 September 1989
Builder:	Brodosplit, Split, Croatia
Yard number:	372
Launched:	23 January 1991
Christened:	16 May 1992 by Birgit Nilsson
Acquired:	4 May 1992
Maiden voyage:	17 May 1992
In service:	19 May 1992
Identification:	Call sign: OJHP IMO number: 8917601 MMSI number: 230361000
Status:	In service
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Cruiseferry
Tonnage:	35,285 GT 2,962 DWT
Length:	169.40 m (555 ft 9 in)
Beam:	27.60 m (90 ft 7 in)
Draught:	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Decks:	12
Ice class:	1 A Super
Installed power:	4 × Pielstick 12 PC2 6V-400E diesel combined 23,780 kW (31,890 hp)
Propulsion:	2 propellers, 2 bow thrusters, 1 stern thruster
Speed:	21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Capacity:	2,400 passengers 2,170 passenger berths 400 cars 970 lanemeters
General characteristics (as Gabriella)
Tonnage:	35,492 GT
Length:	171.20 m (561 ft 8 in)
Beam:	27.60 m (90 ft 7 in)
Draught:	6.40 m (21 ft)
Decks:	12 (11 passenger accessible)
Ice class:	1 A Super
Speed:	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Capacity:	2,420 passengers 2,402 passenger berths 400 cars 970 lanemeters

MS Gabriella is a cruiseferry sailing on a route connecting Helsinki, Finland and , Sweden for Viking Line. She was built in 1992 in Brodosplit, Croatia as Frans Suell for service with Euroway. Between 1994 and 1997 she sailed as Silja Scandinavia for Silja Line.

Gabriella has sister ships Amorella in Viking Line fleet, Isabelle operated by Tallink, and a third one, Crown Seaways, operated by DFDS Seaways.

Euroway was a concept developed during the latter half of the 1980s by the Sweden-based Sea-Link Shipping. The new brand was planned to operate two state-of-the-art cruiseferries between Malmö in Sweden and Lübeck in Germany via Travemünde in Germany, with the service aimed in particular at conference groups. Sea-link decided to order the ships from Brodosplit in Croatia, which at that time still was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The ships were based on the same design as the Amorella and Isabella that had been built by the same shipyard for the Finland-based SF Line for Viking Line traffic in 1988 and 1989, respectively. The Euroway sisters were designed with a somewhat different layout of public spaces and cabins, as well as an additional cabin deck.