Wellamo - Silja Festival

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of Silja Line ferry Wellamo of 1985, which was renamed Silja Festival in 1992. Her sister was the Svea.

 

Wellamo was built by Oy Wärtsilä Ab for Silja Line services run by Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA), renamed Effoa Oy before Wellamo was delivered. Wellamo entered service in 1986 between Stockholm-Helsinki. In 1991, ownership passed to EffJohn International Oy (Helsinki), a combination of the Finnish Effoa and Swedish Johnson Line. In 1992 Wellamo was refurbished in Bremerhaven, and returned to service between Åbo-Mariehamn-Stockholm in a new livery as Silja Festival. Ownership then passed to Silja Line Oy. Silja Festival operated on the Vaasa-Umeå route between March and May 1993, followed by service on the Euroway route between Malmö-Travemünde/Lübeck and Copenhagen-Malmö-Travemünde/Lübeck. This route closed in April 1994, and Silja Festival returned to Vaasa-Umeå and also Vasa-Sundsvall. Winter 1994/95 was spent on a Helsinki-Tallinn service, followed by another return to Vaasa-Umeå during the summer months before a return to Helsinki-Tallinn until 1997, when she transferred to Åbo-Mariehamn-Stockholm. In 2001 Silja Festival received a further rebuild at Finnyards, Rauma.

 

 

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Wellamo (Silja Line: 1986-1992)

 

Wellamo was built by Oy Wärtsilä Ab for Silja Line services run by Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA), renamed Effoa Oy before Wellamo was delivered. Wellamo entered service in 1986 between Stockholm-Helsinki. In 1991, ownership passed to EffJohn International Oy (Helsinki), a combination of the Finnish Effoa and Swedish Johnson Line. In 1992 Wellamo was refurbished in Bremerhaven, and returned to service between Åbo-Mariehamn-Stockholm in a new livery as Silja Festival.

 

 

Oversized official Silja Line postcard of Wellamo.

 

Image from an official Silja Line fleet postcard of Wellamo.

 

Simplon Postcards issue sp1018 of Wellamo.

Photo: Mike Tedstone, 1989.

 

 

 

 

 

Silja Festival (Silja Line: 1992- )

 

In 1992 Wellamo was refurbished in Bremerhaven, and returned to service between Åbo-Mariehamn-Stockholm in a new livery as Silja Festival. Ownership then passed to Silja Line Oy. Silja Festival operated on the Vaasa-Umeå route between March and May 1993, followed by service on the Euroway route between Malmö-Travemünde/Lübeck and Copenhagen-Malmö-Travemünde/Lübeck. This route closed in April 1994, and Silja Festival returned to Vaasa-Umeå and also Vasa-Sundsvall. Winter 1994/95 was spent on a Helsinki-Tallinn service, followed by another return to Vaasa-Umeå during the summer months before a return to Helsinki-Tallinn until 1997, when she transferred to Åbo-Mariehamn-Stockholm. In 2001 Silja Festival received a further rebuild at Finnyards, Rauma.

 

 

An offical Silja Line postcard of Silja Festival, as she looked the first summer 1993 on Vaasa-Umeå, with red stripes on her sides.

Scan: Mikael Blomberg.

 

Silja Line postcard of Silja Festival.

Niklas postcard 369.

 

Simplon Postcards issue sp1125 (issued December 1992) of Silja Festival.

Photo: Peter Inpijn, Kapellskar, 1992.

 

An offical Silja Line postcard of Silja Festival, without the red stripes.

Scan: Mikael Blomberg.

 

Cekade postcard Trav013 of Silja Festival, leaving Travemünde in Euroway colours during charter in 1993/94.

 

S+S postcard Tra1648 of Silja Festival, in Euroway colours during charter in 1993/94.

 

Chantry Classics postcard KECC/01 of Silja Festival, in Euroway colours during charter in 1993/94.

Photo: Kenn Eilersen.

 

An offical Silja Line postcard of Silja Festival, without the red stripes.

Niklas postcard 815.

 

Postcard of Silja Festival.

 

An offical Silja Line postcard of Silja Festival, without the red stripes.

Niklas postcard.

Scan: Mikael Blomberg.

 

Photograph of Silja Festival.

Photo: © Micke Asklander.

Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.

 

Photograph of Silja Festival.

Photo: © Simon Schröter.

Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.

 

 

 

 

 

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