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VIKING III
Roro ship
The Viking III (1965-1982) and her
predecessors--Viking I and Viking II, were designed to
provide maximum free space and this concept successfully
reduced the number of pillars in the passenger spaces.
The revolutionary design resulted in no pillars in the
promenade deck hall and a minimum in the restaurants and
lounges.
While Viking I and Viking
II were built in Norway, Viking III was built in
Germany. Equipped with bow thrusters, Viking III could turn completely in her
own length. From the speed of 20 knots she could
be brought to a stop in 85 seconds.
There are three radar
systems-a Kevin Hughes 3cm dual insterswitch
installation and a 10cm Raytheon. Two 2000-watt
searchlights were fitted on each side of the wheelhouse
top. Main propelling machinery consisted of two
5,100 hp diesel engines.
Delivered in 1965 to
Thoresen, the car ferry Viking III remains in services,
operating year-round in the Adriatic between Italy and
Greece and Albania. She was so revolutionary at
the time and revitalized the Southampton cross channel
ferry route so successfully that the company became one
of the biggest ferry companies in the U.K.
This
primarily-wood model is 48" long. The hull and the superstructure are hollow, comprised of
many pieces of wood precisely cut and assembled. The ship's information was mostly provided by Mr. Cliff
who was employed onboard the ship. He first saw
the colorful modern ship when his family lived by
the beach near Southampton UK and she was
so different than the old big passenger liners he saw at
the time in the 1960s.
"The
more I look at Viking III the more proud of the model I
am. Great job! Anyway I have now got a few pretty good
pictures of the tugboat Heide Moran and her close sister
tugs together... I will go ahead and fill in your
commissioning form again. Also if I do go ahead with it,
will it be possible to mail you the plans and pictures
with my notes this time?"
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