MV Viking Star (2015)
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| Name: | Viking Star |
| Owner: | Viking Ocean Cruises |
| Operator: | Viking Ocean Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
Bergen,  Norway
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| Ordered: | July 2012 |
| Builder: | Fincantieri, Marghera , Italy |
| Yard number: | 6236 |
| Laid down: | 18 December 2013 |
| Launched: | 23 June 2014 |
| Sponsored by: | Trude Drevland |
| Christened: | 17 May 2015 |
| Completed: | 2015 |
| Acquired: | 28 March 2015 |
| In service: | 11 April 2015 |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Viking Star-class |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 47,800 GT |
| Length: | 228 metres long |
| Beam: | 29 metres wide |
| Draught: | 6.3 metres |
| Decks: | 14 |
| Installed power: | MAN Diesel & Turbo 2x9L32/44CR + 2x12V32/44CR generating sets |
| Propulsion: | 2 Shafted Propellers |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Capacity: | 930 passengers |
| Crew: | 602 crewmembers |
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MV Viking Star is the lead ship of the Viking Star-class of cruise ships, and the first such ship operated by Viking Ocean Cruises, a division of Viking Cruises. She entered service in April 2015. Two Viking Star-class sister ships, Viking Sea and Viking Sky, will join her in the Viking Ocean Cruises fleet in 2016.
Viking Star was designed by SMC Design of London, while Rottet Studio in Los Angeles was engaged to design her interior. The vessel's modern Scandinavian design ties in with that of Viking Cruises' river cruisers, and was intended to mix onboard elegance with a focus on destinations. As a relatively small vessel, Viking Star is able to access most ports directly, and thus facilitate efficient and trouble-free embarkation and debarkation processes. She also has a hydro-dynamically optimised streamlined hull and bow for maximum fuel efficiency.
The ship's first plate was cut on 7 June 2013 at the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Marghera, Italy. The plate cutting ceremony was attended, among others, by Torstein Hagen, founder and chairman of Viking. The keel was laid on 18 December 2013. Fincantieri launched Viking Star on 23 June 2014, about 20 days earlier than the previously announced launch date in mid-July.
In October 2014, Viking Ocean Cruises announced that Norwegian seafarer Gulleik Svalastog had been appointed as the captain of Viking Star. Captain Svalastog had more than 45 years of experience in the maritime industry, and most recently he had served as a captain for Color Line. He had previously held a variety of senior ship management positions, including the roles of superintendent for Norwegian Cruise Line and Crystal Cruises, and lead auditor for Det Norske Veritas. His initial task as captain was to be a member of the team overseeing the final stage of Viking Star's outfitting and interior build-out.
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