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{{Short description|1973 ferry}}
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| Ship image = Vana Tallinn.jpg
| Ship caption = ''Vana Tallinn'' departing Stockholm, April 2008
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| Ship name = *1974–1990: ''Dana Regina''
*1990–1993: ''Nord Estonia''
*1993: ''Thor Heyerdahl''
*1994–2011: ''Vana Tallinn''
*2011–2014: ''Adriatica Queen''
| Ship owner = *1974–1989: [[File:DFDS house flag.svg|border|20px]] [[DFDS]]
*1989–1990: [[Marne Investments Ltd]]
*1990–1993: [[Nordström & Thulin]]
*1993–1997: [[Inreko]]
*1997–2011: [[Tallink]]
*2011–2014: [[Allferries]]
| Ship operator = *1974–1990: [[File:DFDS house flag.svg|border|20px]] [[DFDS Seaways]]
*1990–1993: [[EstLine]]
*1993: [[Larvik Line]]
*1994–1996: [[Tallink]]
*1996–1997: [[TH Ferries]]
*1998–2011: [[Tallink]]
*2011–2014: [[Allferries]]
| Ship registry = *1974–1990: [[Copenhagen]], {{flag|Denmark}}
*1990–1993: [[Stockholm]], {{flag|Sweden}}
*1993: [[Gothenburg]], {{flag|Sweden}}
*1993–2007: [[Tallinn]], {{flag|Estonia}}
*2007–2011: [[Riga]], {{flag|Latvia}}
*2011–2014: [[Panama City|Panama]], {{flag|Panama}}
*2014:{{flag|Togo}}
| Ship route = None
| Ship ordered = 24 December 1969
| Ship builder = [[Aalborg Skibsværft A/S]], [[Ålborg]], [[Denmark]]
| Ship yard number = 200
| Ship laid down = 7 May 1973
| Ship launched = 31 August 1973
| Ship completed = 
| Ship christened = 1 July 1974
| Ship acquired = 28 June 1974
| Ship in service = 1 July 1974
| Ship out of service = 
| Ship identification = {{IMO Number|7329522}}
| Ship fate = Scrapped
| Ship notes = 
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| Header caption = (as built)<ref name="FoF">{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/dana_regina_1974.htm |title=M/S ''Dana Regina'' (1974) |accessdate=2008-08-06 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |date= |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish}}</ref>
| Ship tonnage = *{{GRT|10002}}
*{{DWT|2850|metric|disp=long}}
| Ship length = {{convert|153.70|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|22.31|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = {{convert|6.00|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| Ship power = *4 [[B&W-Helsingør]] DM845HU [[Diesel engine|diesels]]
*combined {{convert|12945|kW|abbr=on}}
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| Ship speed = {{convert|18|kn|abbr=on}}
| Ship capacity = *1,064 passengers
*861 passenger berths
*300 cars
*600 lanemeters
| Ship crew = 
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| Ship power = *2 × [[Zgoda Sulzer]] 6ZAL 40 S diesels
*2 × Zgoda Sulzer 8ZL 40/48 diesels
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| Ship speed = {{convert|18|kn|abbr=on}}<ref name="Tallink">[http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/tab2/ships/vanaTallinn/technicalInformation/ Tallink Silja official website: Vana Tallinn technical information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030174454/http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/tab2/ships/vanaTallinn/technicalInformation/ |date=2007-10-30}}, retrieved 17. 10. 2007</ref>
| Ship capacity = *1,500 passengers
*858 passenger berths<ref name="Tallink" />
*370 cars
*600 lanemeters
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'''MS ''Vana Tallinn''''' (''Old [[Tallinn]]'' in [[Estonian language|Estonian]]) was a [[cruiseferry]] owned by the [[Estonia]]n [[ferry]] company [[Tallink]] and operated on the line between [[Kapellskär]] and [[Paldiski]]. She was built in 1974 by [[Aalborg Shipyard|Aalborg Skibsværft AS]], [[Aalborg]], [[Denmark]] for [[DFDS]] as '''MS ''Dana Regina''''', and has sailed under the names '''MS ''Nord Estonia''''' and '''MS ''Thor Heyerdahl.'''''

== History ==
The ''Dana Regina'' was ordered in 1969 by [[DFDS]], the oldest operational Danish shipping company.  The ship was completed in 1974 and christened MS ''Dana Regina''. After a promotional cruise from [[Copenhagen]] to [[Esbjerg]] via [[Harwich]] and [[London]] she started scheduled service on the Harwich–Esbjerg route on 8 July 1974. In January 1977 the ship was rebuilt at [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]] with an enlarged car capacity. In October 1983 the ''Dana Regina'' was transferred to [[Copenhagen]]–[[Oslo]] route.
[[File:"Dana Regina" at Harwich, 1979.jpg|thumb|"Dana Regina" at Harwich, 1979]]
In June 1990, the ''Dana Regina'' was sold to [[Nordström & Thulin]], [[Sweden]], who renamed her MS ''Nord Estonia'' and used her to open a service between [[Tallinn]] and [[Stockholm]] under colours of their subsidiary [[EstLine]].  In 1993 the ''Nord Estonia'' was supplanted by larger tonnage (the ill-fated [[MS Estonia|MS ''Estonia'']]), and she was chartered to [[Larvik Line]] who renamed her MS ''Thor Heyerdahl'' and used her on the [[Larvik]]–[[Frederikshavn]] route between March and August 1993. The charter contract also included an option for Larvik Line to buy the ship, but they decided not to use it and at the end of the charter the ''Thor Heyerdahl'' was laid up in [[Gothenburg]].

In May 1994 the ship was sold to [[Inreko]], at the time one of the owners of [[Tallink]], who renamed her MS ''Vana Tallinn'' and placed her on the Helsinki–Tallinn route. Already in September 1994 a rift developed between Inreko and [[Estonian Shipping Company|ESCO]], the two owners of Tallink. As a result, Inreko withdrew from Tallink, and chartered the ''Vana Tallinn'' to ESCO who continued to operate her on the same route under the same name (from the passenger's point of view nothing changed, which has led to some confusing records from this time of the ship's history). Continuous disputes about the charter price of the ship led to breaking the charter agreement in November 1996, and in December of the same year Inreko founded [[TH Ferries]], which began operating the ''Vana Tallinn'' on the Helsinki–Tallinn route in competition to Tallink. However, in January 1998 the ship was sold to [[Hansatee]] (now the owners of Tallink), and returned to Tallink's colours, still sailing on the same route under the same name.

Tallink began modernising their fleet during the first years of the 21st century, and as new tonnage was delivered the ''Vana Tallinn'' was transferred to service between [[Paldiski]] (a port town near Tallinn) and [[Kapellskär]] (a port town near [[Stockholm]]). On new year 2005/2006 the ship was chartered to make a special cruise from [[St. Petersburg]] to Tallinn. A year later she made a similar but more extensive cruise with the itinerary St. Petersburg–Helsinki–Stockholm–Tallinn–St Petersburg.  After this cruise, on 10 January 2007, the ship was temporarily transferred back to Helsinki–Tallinn route to cover for the [[MS Meloodia|MS ''Meloodia'']] (which had been chartered to [[Balearic Islands]], [[Spain]]) until the actual replacement [[MS Star (2006)|MS ''Star'']] was delivered in April 2007.  After the delivery of ''Star'' the ''Vana Tallinn'' was transferred to Stockholm–[[Riga]] route, running parallel with [[MS Regina Baltica|MS ''Regina Baltica'']].

On 2 August 2008 the ''Vana Tallinn'' was replaced by {{MS|Silja Festival}} on the Stockholm–Riga service.<ref name=FoF /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/wellamo_1986.htm |title=M/S ''Wellamo'' (1986) |accessdate=2008-08-06 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |date= |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish}}</ref> Subsequently the ''Vana Tallinn'' was laid up in [[Paljassaare]], Tallinn until 1 October 2008, when she was reactivated as a freighter for the Paldiski–Kapellskär service.<ref name=FoF /> The freighter service was short however and the ship was laid up again in Estonian [[Kopli]] in April 2009.<ref name=FoF /> She was subsequently leased to Allferries in June 2011 for a 3-year contract in the [[Mediterranean]] and got name ''Adriatica Queen''.

The ship was scrapped at Aliga, Turkey in 2014.<ref name="FoF" />

==References==
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== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|IMO 7329522}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070221041642/http://www.tallinksilja.com/fi/tab2/ships/vanaTallinn/ Company website on Vana Tallinn] {{in lang|fi}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719234548/http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=275295000 Vana Tallinn at marinetraffic.com]

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