Moby Otta

**Moby Otta**
	The Moby Otta next to her sister ship in Genoa, May 2013
Ship data
flag	Italy
other ship names	Tor Scandinavia (1976–1982) ; World Wide Expo (1982–1983) ; Tor Scandinavia (1983–1991) ; Princess of Scandinavia (1991–2006)
Ship type	ferry
home port	Naples
Shipping company	Moby Lines
Shipyard	Flender-Werke , Lübeck
Build number	608
Keel laying	April 2nd, 1975
Launch	4th November 1975
takeover	April 12, 1976
Commissioning	April 15, 1976
Ship dimensions and crew
length	184.55 m ( Lüa )
width	26.4 m
Draft	Max. 6.2 m
measurement	21,545 GT
crew	130
Machine system
machine	4 × Pielstick PC3-12 V480 diesel engines
Machine ; performance	33,540 kW (45,602 hp)
Top ; speed	27.2 kn (50 km / h)
propeller	2 ×
Transport capacities
running track meters	910 m
Permitted number of passengers	1,617
Vehicle capacity	420 cars
Others
Registration ; numbers	IMO 7361324

The Moby Otta is a ferry of the Italian Moby Lines , which entered service in 1976 as Tor Scandinavia for Tor Line . It has been in use on the route from Genoa to Porto Torres since May 2007 .

history

The ship was laid down on April 2, 1975 under the hull number 608 in the Flender works in Lübeck as Tor Scandinavia and was launched on November 4, 1975. After being taken over by Tor Line on April 12, 1976, the ship was put into service on April 15 on the route from Gothenburg to Amsterdam and from Gothenburg to Felixstowe .

As Princess of Scandinavia in Gothenburg, October 2006

As of December 1981 belonged Tor Scandinavia of DFDS . From October 1982 to February 1983 she was used as a hotel ship under the name World Wide Expo as part of the World Exhibition in Amsterdam . The ship then returned to service under its old name.

During her service time for the Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab, the Tor Scandinavia was used on various routes and also chartered several times by NATO for individual trips. From January to March 1991, the ship was in the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg for conversion work and was named Princess of Scandinavia . An official christening ceremony took place on March 16 in Gothenburg. Then the ship resumed service from Gothenburg to Amsterdam and from Harwich to Esbjerg .

In the following years, the Princess of Scandinavia was mainly used between Gothenburg and Harwich, but also served other routes. During modernization work in Kristiansand the ship slipped in dry dock in June 1994 and was listed, but was only slightly damaged. In May 2002, a fire damaged parts of the car deck.

In November 2006, the Italian Moby Lines took over the now 30-year-old ship and, after renovation work, put it into service in May 2007 as Moby Otta on the route from Genoa to Porto Torres. It complements its sister ship Moby Drea , built as the Tor Britannia , which moved to the shipping company in 2003.

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