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MS ''Palm Beach Princess'' was a cruise ship operated by Palm Beach Cruises on casino cruises out of the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida.〔〔 She was built in 1964 by Wärtsilä Helsinki New Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland for Finland Steamship Company as ''Ilmatar''. From 1970 until 1974 and again from 1978 to 1980 she was marketed as a part of Silja Line fleet. In 1973 she was lengthened at HDW Hamburg, Germany by . Between 1975—1976 she was chartered to Finnlines. In 1979 she was converted to a cruise ship.〔 In 1980 the ''Ilmatar'' was sold to Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, without a change of name. In 1984 she was sold to Grundstad Maritime Overseas and renamed ''Viking Princess'' for cruising with Crown Cruise Line. In 1997 she received the name ''Palm Beach Princess''.〔 After several further changes of ownership, the ship was sold for scrap in 2011.〔 On 28 November 1968 the ''Ilmatar'' collided with the Siljavarustamo ferry ''Botnia'' in the Åland archipelago, resulting in the death of six people on board the ''Botnia''.〔Malmberg (2007). pp. 102-103〕 ==Concept and construction== In the early 1960s the Finland Steamship Company decided to construct a 5,171 gross register ton ship for the Finland—Sweden service the company operated in collaboration with Steamship Company Bore, Rederi AB Svea, and Siljavarustamo, a joint subsidiary of the three companies. For the first time in Finland SS Co's history, the new ship was fitted with diesel engines and included side-loadable car deck for 50 cars.〔 Her service speed was planned at , and she was to carry 1000 passengers, 332 of them in two classes with berths and the rest as classless deck passengers.〔〔 The construction of the new vessel was awarded to Wärtsilä's Helsinki New Shipyard, and she was the largest ship built by the shipyard at the time.〔 On 29 October 1963 the ship was launched and christened ''Ilmatar'' (spiritess of the air, a character from the Finnish national epic Kalevala) by Sylvi Kekkonen, the wife of Urho Kekkonen who was the President of Finland at the time.〔〔 The ''Ilmatar'' was delivered on 15 June 1964.〔 The ''Ilmatar'' was found to be too small from the start, and in 1973 she was docked at HDW Hamburg, Germany, where she was lengthened by , increasing her passenger capacity to 1210, passenger berths to 450 and car capacity to 75.〔〔 Additional engines and two additional propellers increased her speed to . Due to the increased passenger capacity the number of crew carried was also increased from 93 to 113.〔 In 1978—1979 she was rebuilt for cruise service at the shipyard that had built her,〔 with cabins rebuilt〔 and a casino, swimming pool, gym, cinema〔 and lounge featuring live entertainment were added. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palm Beach Princess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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