page_title: MS Regina Baltica
section_title: Viking Line and Fred. Olsen service
hierarchical_section_title: MS Regina Baltica / History / Viking Line and Fred. Olsen service
caption_attribution_description: Built. 1980 Yard. Wärtsilä Turku Oy Ab, Finland. Operator. Fred Olson Route. Harwich – Oslo – Kristiansand 1985-1989 Length. 145, 19 m Gross Tonnage. 14,300 Passengers. 2000 Freight Capacity. 486 cars Speed. 21.3 Knots Former Name. Viking Song Status. Current “Regina Baltica” Fred Olsen’s new luxury ship M.V. Braemar was introduced onto the Harwich/Norwegian route on the 1st June 1985, at 14,300 tons; she had a capacity for 2,000 passengers and 486 cars. Braemaer is typically Scandinavian; it had an amazing tropic garden lounge, a sauna bath, a swimming pool and its own jogging track. 15/02/1980 Launched. 15/05/1985 Renamed Braemar 08/06/1985 Oslo-Kristiansand-Harwich. 1985-1989 Oslo-Hirtshals-Harwich. 1989-1989 Kristiansand – Hirtshals, Kristiansand – Harwich. 16/12/1990 Sold to Rigorus Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus. 27/03/1996 Renamed Anna k. 06/1996 Sold to Empremare Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol 28/06/1996 Renamed Regina Baltica. Photo From John Wray
context_page_description: MS Regina Baltica is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink. She was built in 1980 as Viking Song by Wärtsilä Perno shipyard, Finland for Rederi Ab Sally, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She has also sailed under the names Braemar and Anna Karenina.
context_section_description: Delivered in August 1980, Viking Song was the last newbuilding delivered to Rederi Ab Sally for use on Viking Line's routes. She served alongside her sister Viking Saga on the route connecting Helsinki, Finland to Stockholm. Although she was the newer of the two ships, when SF Line brought their new Mariella to Helsinki–Stockholm service in 1985, the Viking Song was withdrawn from service and sold to Norwegian Fred. Olsen Lines.
  After rebuilding at Blohm + Voss, Hamburg where a second storey was added to her nightclub, Viking Song emerged as Fred. Olsen's new MS Braemar. She was initially set on a route connecting Oslo, Norway with Harwich, UK, although her route varied a lot during the next five years, with Hirtshals, Denmark replacing or appearing alongside Harwich as the main destination. In December 1990 Fred. Olsen sold their ferry operations to the new Color Line, however Braemar was not included in the sale and she was laid up.
caption: Braemar in 1986.
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