Sunward Cruise Ship

Petersburg and Stockholm and Riga as the Birka Queen during the summer months.

Sunward cruise ship. English currency restriction and the border closing between Spain and Gibraltar defeated the newly built ships initial purpose. We start with the first SUNWARD. Birka Line will operate the ship between Stockholm and St.

Records indicate that between 1969. MS Sunward was a cruise ship built in 1966 for Knut KlosterOriginally designed and built for ferrying passengers and vehicles around the Bay of Biscay and Gibraltar the promise and success of the Sunward would be short-lived. She called on Key West once a month.

Ad Book Today and Save. The 216-metre-long cruise ship was originally constructed at the STX shipyard now MEYER TURKU under Yard Number 1294. All-aged friendly cruise with 40 facilities and various activities.

NCLs White Fleet consisted of four ships the Starward built in 1968 Skyward built in 1969 Southward built in 1971 and two incarnations carrying the name Sunward the original Sunward from 1966 and the Sunward II from 1977. August 21st 2020. The Sunward measured 443 feet long carried 558 passengers and 200 crew.

The ship will be delivered to its new owners on May 15 1992. The Sunward moored at either the Navys Mole or Pier B facility. In 1969 the Port of Key West received its first regularly scheduled cruise ship.

Seaward Seaward built in Finland from 1987 to 1988 has a long history. Originally designed and built for ferrying passengers and vehicles around the Bay of Biscay and Gibraltar the promise and success of the Sunward would be short-lived. Sunward I had been their pioneer cruise ship originally built in 1966 for a UK-Spain-Portugal service which was sold in 1972.