Color Magic in Kiel in 2007 | |
History | |
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Name | Color Magic |
Owner | Color Line |
Port of registry | Oslo, Norway |
Ordered | 27 May 2005 [1] |
Builder |
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Yard number | 1355 [1] |
Laid down | 8 August 2006 [1] |
Launched | 15 December 2006 [1] |
Christened | 15 September 2007 [1] |
Acquired | 6 September 2007 [1] |
In service | 17 September 2007 [1] |
Identification | IMO number: 9349863 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 224 m (734 ft) [1] |
Beam | 35 m (115 ft) [2] |
Draught | 6.80 m (22.3 ft) [2] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) [2] |
Capacity |
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Notes | Sister ship to Color Fantasy |
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