The 930-passenger »Viking Sea«, second cruise ship of Viking Ocean Cruises, has been floated out at Fincantieri’s shipyard in[ds_preview] Ancona, Italy, only about one month later than the new ocean line has christened its first ship, »Viking Star« in Bergen, Norway. »Viking Sea« is set to launch in early 2016. The company also announced that Karine Hagen, Viking’s senior vice president of product and daughter of Torstein Hagen, will be godmother to »Viking Sea« and will officially »name« the ship during the christening ceremony.
The company’s third ship on order, »Viking Sky«, is also currently under construction in Ancona and will debut in 2017. According to Viking all three ships will sail popular routes in Scandinavia and the Baltic and the Western and Eastern Mediterranean.The three 47,800 gt vessels are 228m long, 29m wide and have a maximum draft of 6.3m
