As of 2026-07-08, Viking Glory tops the list with 2,800 seats.
- #1 Viking Glory — 2,800 seats
2020 cruise ferry
MS Viking Glory is a cruiseferry owned and operated by Viking Line. The ship was launched in January 2021 and entered service in March 2022. Viking Glory was built at the Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry shipyard in China. The order was worth 225 million euro. The ship operates the Turku-Åland-Stockholm route, where she replaced the Amorella. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 MyStar — 2,800 seats
Estonian ferry ship built in 2022
MyStar is a roll-on/roll-off passenger (ro-pax) ferry operated by the Estonian shipping company Tallink on the Tallinn–Helsinki route. The vessel was built by Rauma Marine Constructions in Rauma, Finland and entered service in December 2022. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Moby Orli — 2,500 seats
ro/ro ferry built in 1986
Moby Orli is a cruiseferry owned by Moby SPA. Until September 2010, she was known as Pride of Bilbao, operated by P&O Ferries on their Portsmouth–Bilbao route. The vessel was built in 1986 as Olympia at the Wärtsilä Perno Shipyard in Turku, Finland for Rederi AB Slite, Sweden for use in Viking Line traffic. She was sold by Irish Continental Group to St. Peter Line in December 2010 and renamed Princess Anastasia and operated on the Saint Petersburg – Helsinki – Stockholm – Tallinn... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Gabriella — 2,400 seats
Passenger/Ro-Ro ferry built in 1992
MS Gabriella is a cruiseferry sailing on a route connecting Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden for Viking Line. She was built in 1992 in Brodosplit, Croatia as Frans Suell for service with Euroway. Between 1994 and 1997 she sailed as Silja Scandinavia for Silja Line. Gabriella has sister ships Mega Victoria operated by Corsica Ferries, Isabelle operated by Tallink, and a third one, Crown Seaways, operated by DFDS Seaways. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 MS Regina Baltica — 2,000 seats
ship built in 1980
MS Regina Baltica is a cruiseferry owned by the Spanish shipping company Balearia. She was built in 1980 as Viking Song by Wärtsilä Perno shipyard, Finland for Rederi Ab Sally, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She has also sailed under the names Braemar and Anna Karenina. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 MS Estonia — 2,000 seats
cruise ferry which sunk on 28 September 1994
MS Estonia was a car-passenger ferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany. She was deployed on ferry routes between Finland and Sweden by various companies until the end of January 1993, when she was sold to Nordström & Thulin for use on Estline's Tallinn–Stockholm route. The ship's sinking on 28 September 1994, in the Baltic Sea between Sweden, Finland and Estonia, was one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters of... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 MV Ulysses — 1,875 seats
ship built 2000
MV Ulysses is a roll-on/roll-off car ferry owned and operated by Irish Ferries. The ship was launched on 1 September 2000 at Aker Finnyards shipyard in Rauma, Finland and services the Dublin–Holyhead route. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Rosalia — 1,760 seats
scrapped ferry built in 1973
source Wikidata - #9 Mega Express — 1,756 seats
ship built in 2001
source Wikidata - #10 C.T.M.A. Vacancier — 1,612 seats
Canadian RoPax ferry built in 1973
MS C.T.M.A. Vacancier was a car/passenger ferry operated by Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA) on their Montreal–Cap-aux-Meules service. She was built in 1973 by the J.J. Sietas Schiffswerft in Hamburg, West Germany as Aurella for SF Line for use on Viking Line traffic. Between 1982 and 1998 she sailed as Saint Patrick II, between 1998 and 2000 as Egnatia II, in 2000 as Ville de Séte and between 2001 and 2002 as City of Cork, before being sold to CTMA. In January 2024 she... Read more on Wikipedia.
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