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Another New Viking Ocean Ship Touches Water For The First Time

Viking continues to grow and the cruise line recently celebrated the float out of another new ocean cruise ship.

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Viking Vesta touched water for the first time when the ship was floated out at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy.

Viking Vesta will be 54,300 gross tons in size with 499 cabins carrying a maximum of 998 guests. The cruise ship is scheduled to debt in July 2025 and will start off by offering cruises in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

The float out marked the latest construction milestone for the new ship. The vessel will now move to its final stage of construction and have its interior built out.

Viking Vela and Viking Vesta side by side at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy. Photo Credit: Viking

Torstein Hagen, Chairman and CEO of Viking, said the following:

"It is always a good day when a new ship meets water for the first time. Over the last decade, we have built the world's most elegant small ocean ships together with Fincantieri. As we prepare to welcome the Viking Vesta next summer, as well as her identical sister ship, the Viking Vela, this fall, we look forward to introducing even more curious travelers to the Viking way of exploration."

Viking Vesta will be Viking's 12th ocean ship to enter their fleet. The adults only cruise line has quickly grown from one ocean ship in 2015 to 10 ships that are currently in operation.

Viking Vela will debut later this year and will be the cruise line's 11th ocean ship.

Viking Vela and Viking Vesta. Photo Credit: Viking

Since their debut into the ocean cruise market in 2015, Viking has consistently been named the Best Ocean Cruise Line by numerous publications.

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Viking Adding More Ships

Viking Cruises is getting bigger, both on oceans and rivers, with the launch of another ocean vessel and the announcement of ten more of its iconic 'Viking Longboat' river cruisers.

Viking Vesta, the 11th ship in the ocean fleet, was 'floated out' last week at a shipyard in Italy, and is now ready for its interior decoration and facilities to be added before entering service next year. A sister ship, Viking Vela, will follow soon. The pair are nearly identical to the previous ships except for being just a little longer than the others, accommodating 998 passengers instead of 930.

The river ships, which have room for 190 passengers, are to sail on European rivers including the Seine, Rhine, Main and Danube. Five will enter service next year and the other five the year after. The new ships are virtual duplicates of the current fleet. Viking's river fleets, which also operate in Asia, Africa and the U.S. Total 80 vessels.

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