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''Princess Selandia'' is a former Danish ferry which had a long career on the Great Belt and the Baltic Sea, after which she became a restaurant and nightclub ship, currently moored in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Built for the Danish State Railroad, Dansk Statsbaner (DSB), she began service as ''Dronning Ingrid'' on the Korsør - Nyborg route in April 1951. Several changes of Danish inter-island and Danish-Germany routes ensued. She had to give up her Royal title in August 1979 and took the name ''Sjælland''. Portraits of the Danish Royal Family remained in the state cabin on board.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lake District Attractions, Ulverston )〕 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.〔 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 2500-capacity nightclub. Operating from Town Quay, Buccleuch Dock, Barrow-in-Furness until 16 August 2010. She also had an a la carte restaurant, casino and beer garden.〔 On 9 October 2010 a fire started aboard the ''Princess Selandia.''〔(Small fire aboard 2010 )〕 The former name "Sjælland" in huge lettern was never tilt at the ships body.〔(Video from August 2009 )〕 On 14 July 2015 she left Barrow-in-Furness for Denmark to become a floating museum. ==Footnotes== 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「Princess Selandia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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