MS Olau Hollandia (1981)

History
Name:	1981–89: Olau Hollandia 1989–98: Nord Gotlandia 1998–2013: Nordlandia 2013 onwards: Isabella 1
Owner:	1981–89: Olau Line Ltd Co 1989–97: Nordström & Thulin Ab 1997–2013: Eckerö Line 2013 onwards: Isabella Cruises Co Ltd
Operator:	Eckerö Line 2013 onwards: Isabella Cruises
Port of registry:	–2013: Eckerö,  Finland 2013–15: Belize City,  Belize 2015 onwards: Limassol,  Cyprus
Route:	Almería–Nador
Builder:	AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven, West Germany
Yard number:	1028
Launched:	22 November 1980
Acquired:	21 March 1981
Identification:	Call sign: 5BFT4 IMO number: 7928811 MMSI number: 210556000
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Type:	Cruiseferry → Passenger ferry
Tonnage:	21,473 GT
Length:	153.40 m (503 ft 3 in)
Beam:	24.20 m (79 ft 5 in)
Draught:	5.82 m (19 ft 1 in)
Ice class:	1 A
Propulsion:	4 × Pielstick OC2-5L diesels 15,300 kW (20,518 hp) combined
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity:	2,048 passengers 938 passenger beds 530 vehicles (1,500 lane meters)

MS Isabella 1 is a cruiseferry owned by the shipping company Isabella Cruises on their route connecting Almería, Spain, to Nador, Morocco. She was built in 1981 by AG Weser Seebeckswerft, Bremerhaven, West Germany for Olau Line as MS Olau Hollandia. Between 1989 and 1997 she sailed as MS Nord Gotlandia for Gotlandslinjen and between 1998 and 2013 as MS Nordlandia for Finnish shipping company Eckerö Line.

MS Olau Hollandia was the first newbuild ever to be built for Olau Line. Up until that point the company had operated with used ships purchased or chartered from other companies, but after TT-Line acquired Olau in 1979, the new owners invested in building two new cruiseferries for the company. The Olau Hollandia and her sister MS Olau Britannia were more than twice the size of the largest ferries operated by Olau before that point (they were also larger than any ships operated by TT-Line at the time). The Olau Hollandia was built to be "NATO-compatible", so that she could easily be converted to a troopship if required. She was also built with a thicker hull than normal, enough to be classified under Finnish ice class 1 A Super (the highest possible class) when she began service on the Baltic Sea without any structural changes to her hull.

On 21 March 1981 the Olau Hollandia was delivered to her owners, and four days later she started operating on Olau Line's Sheerness (United Kingdom)–Vlissingen (the Netherlands) route.

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