MS Jupiter

The Jupiter is a cruiseferry owned and operated by Vietnamese Jupiter Cruises. The vessel operates cruises between Sihanoukville and the island of Phú Quốc.

History

The Jupiter was built at the Dubegion-Normandie shipyard in Nantes in 1974 for FÅA / Silja Line. The vessel entered service between Helsinki and Stockholm in July 1975 as the Wellamo.

In 1981 the super ferries Silvia Regina and Finlandia entered service on the Helsinki - Stockholm route. The Wellamo was no longer required and sold to DFDS. The vessel was renamed Dana Gloria and placed on the Esbjerg - Newcastle route.

Between 1984 and 1985 the Dana Gloria was chartered back to Silja Line. She was renamed Svea Corona and placed on the Stockholm - Mariehamn - Turku route. At the end of the charter the vessel returned to her previous name of Dana Gloria operating on the Copenhagen - Oslo route until the winter of 1988/89 when the vessel was stretched by 22.3 meters by Meyer Werft in Papenburg. She emerged from rebuilding as the King of Scandinavia.