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Sea Diamond 

cruise ship built in 1984
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Instance of	cruiseferry cruise ship
Call sign	SVMC
Location	Greece
Owned by	Birka Cruises (1986–2006) Celestyal Cruises (2006–2007)
Operator	Birka Cruises (1986–2006)
Manufacturer	Valmet
Location of creation	Vuosaari shipyard
Yard number	321
Shipping port	Piraeus
Country of registry	Malta
Service entry	1986
Gross tonnage	21,484
Beam	25.15 m
Draft	6.15 m
Length	142.95 m
Maximum capacity	1,537 passenger
Cost	60,000,000 Euro
36° 23′ 41.48″ N, 25° 25′ 51.06″ E
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IMO number : 8406731
Name of ship : BIRKA PRINCESS → SEA DIAMOND (since 01/03/2006)
Call sign : OITY → 9HMW8 → SVMC
MMSI : 230190000 → 256162000 →
Gross tonnage : 22412 (since 01/02/1999)
DWT : 1825
Type of ship : Passenger (Cruise) Ship (since 01/01/1999)
Builder : Oy Valmet Ab (321)
Year of build : 1986
Flag : Finland (1986–17/03/2006) → Malta → Greece (since 28/04/2006)
Port of registry : Mariehamn → Valletta → Piraeus
Status of ship : Keel Laid (16/04/1984) → Launched (29/10/1985) → Delivered (22/04/1986) → In Service/Commission (since 01/04/1986) → Total Loss (since 05/04/2007)
Registered owner : Birka Line Ab, Mariehamn, Finland → Louis Public Co, Limassol, Cypern (13/02/2006) → ELONA MARITIME CO LTD Valletta, Malta (since 01/03/2006)

Ship edit

• Type: Passenger ship
• Date of order: 1984-04-16
• Built: 1986 by Oy Valmet Ab, Helsingfors, Finland.
• Yard number: 321
• length: 142.90 m
• Width: 24.70 m
• Depth: 5.75 m
• BRT: 21,484 tons, after refit Brt. 22,412 tons
• NRT: 10,537 tons
• DWT: 2,441 tons
• Main engines: Fyra Wärtsilä-Vasa 12V32, 17,652 kW.
• Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
• Passengers: 1,500, after refit 1,537
• Cars:

History edit

• Named: M/S BIRKA PRINCESS and delivered 22 april 1986 to Birka Line Ab, Mariehamn, Finland. Built for 350,000,000 FIM.
• 1999-01 Refitted by Lloyds Werft, Bremerhaven, Tyskland
• 2004-10-29 Technical problems in Mariehamn.
• 2006-02-13 Sold to Louis Public Co, Limassol, Cyprus
• 2006-03-17 Renamed: SEA DIAMOND and registered at Malta, Valletta
• 2006-04-06 Registered for Elona Maritime, Ltd, Valletta, Malta
• 2006-04-28 Registered in Pireus, Greece
• 2007-04-05 Around 16:00 EEST (13:00 UTC) the ship ran aground east of Nea Kameni, within the caldera of the Greek island of Santorini, began taking on water. The 1,193 passengers were safely evacuated in three and a half hours, with four injuries, two passengers missing. The ship was towed off the rocks, and her list stabilized.
• 2007-04-06 Shortly before 7:00 EEST the ship sunk, a few hundred metres from the shore.