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Tove of the Obotrites, also called Tova, Tofa or Thora, (10th century) was a Slavic princess and a Danish Viking Age queen consort, the spouse of King Harald Bluetooth. Tofa, her name carved in runes as ᛏᚢᚠᛅ [1], was the daughter of Prince Mistivir of the Obotrites, a region also known as Wendland. She married King Harald in January 963.
On 8 April 1966, she assisted the burning Norwegian passenger-freighter Viking Princess, sending a fire and rescue party aboard Viking Princess to fight her fires; rushing from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a three-hour voyage, the U.S. Navy frigate USS Wilkinson (DL-5) also assisted Viking Princess, taking 13 survivors of the ship aboard from the ...
Initially the Viking Princess was used for cruising from San Diego, California to Mexico in Crown Cruise Line colours from April 1984 until November 17, 1985, [12] when she was moved to cruising from West Palm Beach to the Caribbean. Following the bankruptcy of her owners, the Viking Princess was laid up in October 1995. [1]
Viking Princess (1984–1997) Palm Beach Princess (1997–2011) 1964 Ro-pax ferry 375 6402937 Broken up Built as a passenger- and car ferry for the Finland–Sweden service, Ilmatar was found out to be too small from the start and was subsequently lengthened at HDW Hamburg shipyard in Germany by 20 metres (66 ft). In addition to increasing ...
The cruise line began in 1984 with the Viking Princess, which initially operated out of San Diego, California on short cruises to Ensenada, Baja California and Santa Catalina Island, California. After finally reaching an agreement with the Port of Palm Beach Commission, the Viking Princess was transferred to Palm Beach for daily sailings to ...
MS Birka Stockholm is a cruise ship owned jointly by Rederi AB Gotland and Viking Line.She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards at Rauma, Finland for Birka Line, later owned by Rederi Ab Eckerö, and operated under their Birka Cruises brand.
As the coronavirus continues to spread in the U.S. and abroad, Princess Cruises and Viking Cruises have become the first cruise lines to temporarily suspend all sailings in order to help stop the ...
Formerly Mariella with Viking Line Princess Anastasia: 177 m (581 ft) 37,583 2,500 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) 1986 Wärtsilä Perno Shipyard, Turku, Finland: St Peter Line Malta: St. Petersburg - Helsinki - Tallinn - Stockholm Formerly Olympia with Viking Line and Pride of Bilbao with P&O Ferries. Kydon Palace: 214 m (702 ft) 37,482 2,200