Palm Beach Princess
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| Namesake: | Ilmatar (original name) |
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| Ordered: | 14 July 1962 |
| Builder: | Wärtsilä Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland |
| Yard number: | 375 |
| Launched: | 29 October 1963 |
| Christened: | 29 October 1963 by Sylvi Kekkonen |
| Acquired: | 15 June 1964 |
| In service: | 15 June 1964 |
| Out of service: | 2011 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 6402937 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 2015 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | Ferry |
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| Length: | 108.27 m (355 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 16.40 m (53 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Decks: | 6 (passenger accessible) |
| Installed power: | Wärtsilä-Sulzer 12MD51 (3,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | One propeller |
| Speed: | 16.50 knots (30.56 km/h; 18.99 mph) |
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| Crew: | 93 |
| General characteristics (after 1973 refit) | |
| Type: | Ferry |
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| Length: | 128.31 m (421 ft 0 in) |
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| Propulsion: | Three propellers |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
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| Crew: | 113 |
| General characteristics (after 1979 refit) | |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 6,659 GT |
| Decks: | 6 (passenger accessible) |
| Capacity: | 470 passengers |
| Notes: | Otherwise same as built |
MS Palm Beach Princess was a cruise ship operated by Palm Beach Cruises on casino cruises out of the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida. She was built in 1964 by Wärtsilä Helsinki New Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland for Finland Steamship Company as Ilmatar. From 1970 until 1974 and again from 1978 to 1980 she was marketed as a part of Silja Line fleet. In 1973 she was lengthened at HDW Hamburg, Germany by 20.04 m (65 ft 9 in). Between 1975—1976 she was chartered to Finnlines. In 1979 she was converted to a cruise ship.
In 1980 the Ilmatar was sold to Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, without a change of name. In 1984 she was sold to Grundstad Maritime Overseas and renamed Viking Princess for cruising with Crown Cruise Line. In 1997 she received the name Palm Beach Princess. After several further changes of ownership, the ship was sold for scrap in 2011.
On 28 November 1968 the Ilmatar collided with the Siljavarustamo ferry Botnia in the Åland archipelago, resulting in the death of six people on board the Botnia.
In the early 1960s the Finland Steamship Company decided to construct a 5,171 gross register ton ship for the Finland—Sweden service the company operated in collaboration with Steamship Company Bore, Rederi AB Svea, and Siljavarustamo, a joint subsidiary of the three companies. For the first time in Finland SS Co's history, the new ship was fitted with diesel engines and included side-loadable car deck for 50 cars. Her service speed was planned at 16.50 kn (30.56 km/h), and she was to carry 1000 passengers, 332 of them in two classes with berths and the rest as classless deck passengers.
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