MS Mega Victoria

	Mega Victoria At the port of Toulon, 2023
History
Name	1988–2022:Amorella; 2022 onwards:Mega Victoria;
Owner	1988–1995: SF Line; 1995-2022: Viking Line; 2022 onwards: Corsica Ferries;
Operator	1988–1995: SF Line (in Viking Line traffic); 1995–2022: Viking Line; 2022 onwards: Corsica Ferries;
Port of registry	Genova, Italy
Route	Savona–Bastia ; Nice–Bastia;
Ordered	3 February 1986
Builder	Brodosplit, Split, Croatia (Yugoslavia)
Cost	280 million FIM (1986)
Yard number	356
Launched	18 July 1987
Acquired	28 September 1988
In service	14 October 1988
Identification	Call sign: IBJA; IMO number: 8601915; MMSI number: 247439700;
General characteristics
Type	Cruiseferry
Tonnage	34,384 GT; 3,690 DWT;
Length	169.40 m (555 ft 9 in)
Beam	27.60 m (90 ft 7 in)
Draught	6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)
Depth	13.99 m (45 ft 11 in)
Decks	12
Ice class	1 A Super
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 12PC26V-400; 24,000 kW (32,000 hp) (combined);
Propulsion	Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers
Speed	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Capacity	2,420 passengers; 1,986 berths; 450 cars; 970 lanemeters;

MS Mega Victoria is a cruiseferry owned by Corsica Ferries. She was formerly owned by Viking Line as MS Amorella and operated on the route Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm and from 2022 Helsinki-Mariehamn-Stockholm. She was built in 1988 by Brodosplit in Croatia, then Yugoslavia.

Amorella has three sister ships: Gabriella in the Viking Line fleet, Isabelle operated by Tallink and Crown Seaways, operated by DFDS Seaways.

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