MS Vana Tallinn

Vana Tallinn departing Stockholm, April 2008
History
Name:	1974–1990: Dana Regina 1990–1993: Nord Estonia 1993: Thor Heyerdahl 1994–2011: Vana Tallinn 2011–present: Adriatica Queen
Owner:	1974–1989: DFDS 1989–1990: Marne Investments Ltd 1990–1993: Nordström & Thulin 1993–1997: Inreko 1997–2011: Tallink 2011–2014: Allferries
Operator:	1974–1990: DFDS Seaways 1990–1993: EstLine 1993: Larvik Line 1994–1996: Tallink 1996–1997: TH Ferries 1998–2011: Tallink 2011–2014: Allferries
Port of registry:	1974–1990: Copenhagen,  Denmark 1990–1993: ,  Sweden 1993: Gothenburg,  Sweden 1993–2007: Tallinn,  Estonia 2007–2011: Riga,  Latvia 2011–2014: Panama,  Panama 2014: Togo
Route:	None
Ordered:	24 December 1969
Builder:	Aalborg Skibsværft A/S, Ålborg, Denmark
Yard number:	200
Laid down:	7 May 1973
Launched:	31 August 1973
Christened:	1 July 1974
Acquired:	28 June 1974
In service:	1 July 1974
Identification:	IMO number: 7329522
Status:	Scrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Tonnage:	10,002 GRT
Displacement:	2,850 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length:	153.70 m (504.3 ft)
Beam:	22.31 m (73.2 ft)
Draught:	6.00 m (19.69 ft)
Ice class:	1 C
Installed power:	4 B&W-Helsingør DM845HU diesels combined 12,945 kW (17,360 hp)
Speed:	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity:	1,064 passengers 861 passenger berths 300 cars 600 lanemeters
General characteristics (currently)
Installed power:	2 × Zgoda Sulzer 6ZAL 40 S diesels 2 × Zgoda Sulzer 8ZL 40/48 diesels
Speed:	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity:	1,500 passengers 858 passenger berths 370 cars 600 lanemeters

MS Vana Tallinn (Old Tallinn in Estonian) was a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian ferry company Tallink and operated on the line between Kapellskär and Paldiski. She was built in 1974 by Aalborg Skibsværft AS, Aalborg, Denmark for DFDS as MS Dana Regina, and has sailed under the names MS Nord Estonia and MS Thor Heyerdahl.

The Dana Regina was ordered in 1969 by DFDS, the oldest operational Danish shipping company. The ship was completed in 1974 and christened MS Dana Regina. After a promotional cruise from Copenhagen to Esbjerg via Harwich and London she started scheduled service on the Harwich–Esbjerg route on 8 July 1974. In January 1977 the ship was rebuilt at Hamburg, Germany with an enlarged car capacity. In October 1983 the Dana Regina was transferred to Copenhagen–Oslo route.

In June 1990, the Dana Regina was sold to Nordström & Thulin, Sweden, who renamed her MS Nord Estonia and used her to open a service between Tallinn and under colours of their subsidiary EstLine. In 1993 the Nord Estonia was supplanted by larger tonnage (the ill-fated MS Estonia), and she was chartered to Larvik Line who renamed her MS Thor Heyerdahl and used her on the Larvik–Frederikshavn route between March and August 1993. The charter contract also included an option for Larvik Line to buy the ship, but they decided not to use it and at the end of the charter the Thor Heyerdahl was laid up in Gothenburg.