GTS Finnjet

	Finnjet approaching Helsinki in spring 2004.
History
Name	1977–2008: Finnjet; 2008: Da Vinci; 2008: Kingdom;
Owner	1977–1982: Enso-Gutzeit; 1982–1986: Effoa (75%), Enso-Gutzeit (25%); 1986–1989: Effoa; 1989–1991: Partrederiet för GTS Finnjet; 1991–1993: Effdo 1; 1993–1997: Silja Line; 1997–2006: Sally Ab; 2006–2007: Finnjet Bermuda Ltd; 2007–2008: Cruise Ship Holdings Four Ltd;
Operator	1977–1983: Finnlines; 1983–1987: Finnjet Line; 1987–2005: Silja Line; 2005–2008: laid up;
Port of registry	1977–1993: Helsinki, Finland; 1993–2006: Mariehamn, Åland; 2006–2008: Nassau, Bahamas; 2008: Panama city, Panama;
Ordered	5 December 1973
Builder	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland
Yard number	407
Laid down	20 May 1975
Launched	28 March 1976
Christened	28 April 1977
Completed	1977
Acquired	28 April 1977
In service	13 May 1977
Out of service	19 September 2005
Identification	IMO number: 7359632
Fate	Scrapped in Alang, India, 2008.
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Cruiseferry
Tonnage	24,605 GRT; 2,825 DWT;
Length	212.96 m (698 ft 8 in)
Beam	24.40 m (80 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
Ice class	1 A Super
Installed power	2 × Pratt & Whitney FT 4C-1DLF gas turbines; 55,000 kW (74,000 hp) (combined);
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Capacity	1,800 passengers; 1,532 passenger berths; 380 cars;
General characteristics (after 2004 refit)
Type	Cruiseferry
Tonnage	32,975 GT; 2,827 DWT;
Length	214.96 m (705 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × Pratt & Whitney FT 4C-1DLF gas turbines; 2 × Wärtsilä-Vasa 18V32 diesel engines; 66,400 kW (89,000 hp) (combined);
Speed	33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Capacity	1,781 passengers; 1,631 passenger berths; 325 cars; 815 lanemeters;
Crew	178
Notes	Otherwise the same as built

The GTS Finnjet was a cruiseferry, built in 1977 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland for Finnlines traffic between Finland and Germany. At the time of her delivery, Finnjet was the fastest, longest and largest car ferry in the world, and the only one powered by gas turbines. At the point of her scrapping in 2008, she remained the fastest conventional ferry in the world, with a recorded top speed of 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph).

Finnjet had remained out of service since 2005, laid up in Baton Rouge, Freeport and Genoa. Although she was purchased by Club Cruise in November 2007 and renamed MS Da Vinci in January 2008 for rebuilding into a cruise ship, the ship was sold for scrap in May 2008. Following the sale she was renamed MS Kingdom for her final voyage to the scrapyard in Alang, India where scrapping finally started in September 2008.

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