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The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...
Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07001966 : Viking Rurik: 1975: 125.0 m (410 ft) 196: Viking River Cruises: Vladimir Ilyich / 301: Saint Petersburg: → : RRR 160202: originally, the Mariya Ulyanova, formerly Petergof: Viking Sigyn: 2019: 135.0 m (443 ft) 190: Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07002115 ...
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MV Viking Star is the lead ship of the Viking Star class [citation needed] of cruise ships, and the first such ship operated by Viking Ocean Cruises, a division of Viking Cruises. She entered service in April 2015. Two Viking Star-class sister ships, Viking Sea and Viking Sky, joined her in the Viking Ocean Cruises fleet in 2016. [5]
Royal Viking Star was stretched in 1981, followed by Royal Viking Sky in 1982 and Royal Viking Sea in 1983. The lengthening of the ships improved both their profiles and their economics. In 1984, Torstein Hagen arranged a $240 million management buyout of the company, with the assistance of venture capital firm JH Whitney [citation needed].
MV Viking Sun is a cruise ship operated by Viking Ocean Cruises. The fourth in a series of 930-passenger cruise ships to be built by Fincantieri for her operator, she was delivered at Fincantieri's shipyard in Ancona , Italy, on 25 September 2017.
The first-known virtual pet was a screen-cursor chasing cat called Neko. It was rather called a "desktop pet" since at that time the term "virtual pet" did not exist. PF.Magic released the first widely popular virtual pets in 1995 with Dogz, [5] followed by Catz in the spring of 1996, eventually becoming a franchise known as Petz.
It is the second ship to grace the name Viking Sea, the first being Viking Sky which was originally assigned this name. Viking Sea sailed from Venice to New Capital Quay on the River Thames at Greenwich , London, England, where on 5 May 2016 she became the largest vessel named in London.