MV Victoria Seaways

Ex Lisco Maxima, Forza

© Carsten Dettmer (Klaipeda, 21/05/2018)

Steel twin screw “Coraggio Project” motor vessel built in 2009 by Nuovi Canterie Apuani, Marina di Carrara, Italy (Yard No 1241) as a Passenger/Ro-Ro Ship (vehicles)

Technical Data

• Length: 199.14 m (overall) 176.92 m (between perpendiculars)
  Breadth: 26.6 m
  Depth: 9.6 m
  Draught: 6.4 m
  Tonnage: 25675 gross/ net/8500t deadweight
  Engines: 2 x Wärtsilä 12V46 diesel
  Power: 24000 kW/32616 bHP
  Speed:  24.0 knots (Service) 24.5 knots (Max)
  Capacity: 600 passengers/2623 lane meters/120 cars
  Call Sign: LYTD
  MMSI Number: 277408000
• IMO Number: 9350721
• Italian Register Number: 85264
  Port of Registry: Palermo/Italy  🇮🇹, Klaipeda/Lithuania 🇱🇹
  Sister Ships: Coraggio (1237), Audacia (1238), Tenacia (1239), Superfast I (1240), Superfast II (1242), Energia (1244), Forza (1243)

History

June 27^th 2007: Ordered Grimaldi Holding SpA Palermo, Italy for delivery in 2009 under the name of ZORZA.

December 19^th 2007: Keel laid.

January 17^th 2008: Sold to DFDS A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.

December 3^rd 2008: Launched.

March 27^th 2009: Delivered to Lisco Maxima Shipping, Nicosia, Cyprus

May 11^th 2009: DFDS Lisco services Kiel – Klaipeda.

© Dirk Jankowsky (Kiel, 08/03/2011)

© Aleksi Lindström (Kiel, 09/08/2011)

March 28^th 2012: Registered owner, Lisco Maxima Shipping Ltd, Klaipeda, Lithuania (Management DFDS Seaways Ab, Lithuania) an renamed VICTORIA SEAWAYS .

© Andreas Wörteler (Kiel,12/05/2012) 

April 23^rd 2013: Between Kiel – Klaipeda, a fire broke out on board. Extinguished by crew and the ships sprinkler system. No one on board was injured.

2014: Services Kiel – Klaipeda/ Karlshamn – Klaipeda.

© Carsten Dettmer (Klaipeda, 21/05/2018)

September 27^th 2021: Services Klaipeda – Kiel.

© Wolfgang Fricke (Kiel, 14/07/2022)

September 5^th 2023: Services Karlshamn – Klaipeda

October 3^rd 2023: Taken out of service for technical repairs.

October 9^th 2023: Services Klaipeda – Karlshamn resumed.

September 24th 2025: Came off service at Klaipeda.

September 24th 2025: Left Klaipeda for Dunkerque.

September 26^th 2025: Services Dunkerque – Rosslare relacing OPTIMA SEAWAYS.

All information is believed to be correct, and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Carsten Dettmer, Fotoflite, Wolfgang Fricke, Dirk Jankowsky, Aleksi Lindström and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)