MS Jamaa II

MS *Jamaa II*
History
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Name:	1972–1979: Diana 1979–1992: Botnia Express 1992–2006: Alandia 2006–present: Jamaa II
Owner:	1972–1979: Rederi AB Slite 1979–1989: Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab 1989–1991: Partrederi Botnia Express 1991–1992: Effdo 3 1992–2006: Eckerö Linjen 2006-present: Bayway Shipping Co
Operator:	1972–1979: Viking Line 1979–1989: Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab 1989: Sally Line UK 1989: Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna 1989–1990: Jakob Lines 1990: Baltic Line 1992: Eckerö Linjen 1992: Corona Line 1992–2004: Eckerö Linjen 2004–2005: RG Line 2005: Eckerö Linjen 2006–present: Bayway Shipping Co
Port of registry:	1972–1979: Slite, Sweden 1979–1992: Vaasa, Finland 1992–2006: Mariehamn, Åland 2006–present: San Lorenzo, Honduras
Ordered:	17 December 1970
Builder:	Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
Yard number:	566
Laid down:	3 May 1972
Launched:	28 August 1972
Christened:	28 August 1972
Acquired:	11 November 1972
In service:	17 December 1972
Identification:	IMO number: 7224370 Call sign: HOMO
Status:	In service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	none
Tonnage:	4,152 GRT 1,110 DWT
Length:	108.70 m (356.63 ft)
Beam:	17.25 m (56.59 ft)
Draught:	4.60 m (15.09 ft)
Installed power:	2 × Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz SBV 12M350 5,968 kW (8,003 shp) (combined)
Speed:	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Capacity:	1,200 passengers 240 passenger berths 265 cars
General characteristics (currently)
Class and type:	none
Tonnage:	6,850 GT 1,118 DWT
Length:	108.67 m (356.53 ft)
Beam:	18.90 m (62.01 ft)
Draught:	4.60 m (15.09 ft)
Capacity:	1,320 passengers 100 passenger berths 220 cars

MS Jamaa II is a car-passenger ferry owned by Bayway Shipping Co and sailing on the Red Sea. She was built in 1972 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany as Diana for Rederi AB Slite.

Diana was the fourth in a series of six near-identical sisters built between 1970 and 1974 for Rederi Ab Sally and Rederi AB Slite for use in Viking Line traffic (three further ships were built by the shipyard for Transbordadores, Mexico). These so-called Papenburg Sisters were highly influential in defining ferry traffic between Finland and Sweden. Although often officially listed as fully owned by Rederi AB Slite, Diana was actually owned jointly by Rederi Ab Volo, Rederi AB Slite, Simsonship Ab, Ivar Sund Lidingö and Ab Nils Thorwaldsson Saltsjöbaden.

When delivered in December 1972, Diana was initially set on a route connecting Naantali in Finland to Kapellskär in Sweden via Mariehamn in the Åland Islands. For the winter seasons 1973–1974, 1974–1975 and 1975–1976, she was transferred to the slightly longer Turku–Mariehamn– route, but returned to the shorter route for summer's high season. From 1976 onwards to the end of her service with Viking Line she remained on the Naantali–Kapellskär service. On July 4, 1978 Diana was grounded near Mariehamn and started leaking oil. The following day her passengers were transferred onboard Kapella and freight onboard Travetal. On July 6 she managed to come loose and sailed to Finnboda dock, Nacka (near Stockholm), for repairs.

In April 1979, Diana was sold to Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab, Finland and renamed Botnia Express (2). However, she was chartered back to Rederi AB Slite until June 1979. Her final service for Viking Line was on the Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route between June 5 and June 15. On June 20 she began her service With Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab, serving on routes connecting Vaasa, Finland to Sundsvall, Örnsköldsvik and Umeå in Sweden. Botnia Express was in fact the second Papenburg Sister to sail under Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab's colours, already in 1976 the company had acquired her sister Wasa Express (2) (). In spring 1980 the ship was rebuilt at Rauma-Repola, Uusikaupunki, Finland with a new grill restaurant in the former rear sundeck. In June of the same year Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab changed its name to Vaasanlaivat / Vasabåtarna.

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