Princess Selandia

Princess Selandia is a former Danish train ferry which had a long career on the Great Belt and the Baltic Sea, after which she became a restaurant and nightclub ship, at one time moored in Barrow-in-Furness, England.

History
Denmark
Name: MF Dronning Ingrid
Namesake: Queen Ingrid
Owner: Dansk Statsbaner (DSB), the Danish State Railroad
Route: Korsør - Nyborg
Builder: Helsingør Skibsværft og Maskinbyggeri,[1] Helsingør, Denmark
Yard number: 302[2]
Launched: 24 November 1950
Completed: April 1951
In service: 17 April 1951[1]
Out of service: 1982
Identification:
Fate: Arrived in Frederikshavn, Denmark on 22 July 2015 for scrapping.
General characteristics
Class and type: Ferry
Tonnage: 924 DWT; 3,046 GRT
Length: 110.40 m (362.2 ft)[1]
Beam: 17.70 m (58.1 ft)[1]
Draft: 4.00 m (13.1 ft)[1]
Installed power:
  • 2 × HSM/B&W 650-VF-90 diesels,
  • 5,450 hk (4,008kW)[1]
Speed: 17 knots
Capacity: 1,500 passengers

Built for DSB, the Danish State Railway, she began service as Dronning Ingrid (Queen Ingred) on the Korsør – Nyborg route in April 1951.[3] She subsequently operated on several Danish inter-island and Denmark-Germany routes. In August 1979 she was renamed Sjælland, although portraits of the Danish Royal Family remained in the state cabin on board.[4] For a time she plied between Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen.

In 1985 she was rented out to Danish Radio and TV as a studio and used as the setting for Danish TV show "Kajplads 114" (Berth 114) in Copenhagen.[1]

In 1988 she became a museum and restaurant ship and was sold to English interests in April 2002, being moved to Tilbury, England and renamed Selandia.

Following purchase by Rick Lucas in June 2004, she was sailed from Tilbury to Barrow-in-Furness for a £2 million, nine-month refurbishment and renamed Princess Selandia. The whole freight deck, which once carried trains, was converted to "The Blue Lagoon" - a 2,500-capacity nightclub.[5] The night club operated from Town Quay, Buccleuch Dock, Barrow-in-Furness until 16 August 2010. She also had an a la carte restaurant, casino and beer garden.[3] On 9 October 2010 a fire started aboard the Princess Selandia.[6] On 14 July 2015 she left Barrow-in-Furness for Frederikshavn, Denmark, for scrapping.

Footnotes
  1. "Dronning Ingrid (1951–1979)" (in Danish). Færgejournalen. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. "Search results for "5093959"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  3. Robert B. Wiringa. "Merchant Ships of Denmark since 1945: Dronning Ingrid". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  4. "Lake District Attractions, Ulverston". Lake District Peninsula. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  5. "Selandia fitted out to chart new territory". ADI Global. 25 October 2005. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  6. Small fire aboard 2010

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