A pictorial history of the Alaska Marine Highway System IAMHS) "Motor Vessel Wickersham," from its initial launching and placement into service, purchase and operation by the AMHS, to its final decommissioning and scrapping.

1. M/V Wickersham
A Photographic History
Presentation By: Dave Henderson

2.  Former Names:
o 1967-1968 ~ Stena Britannica (Stena Line)
o 1968-1974 ~ Wickersham (Alaska Marine Highway System)
o 1974-1980 ~ Viking 6 (Viking Line)
o 1980-1981 ~ Goelo (Brittany Ferries)
o 1981-1982 ~ Viking 6 (Sally Line)
o 1982-1985 ~ Sol Olympia (Svenska Orient Linien / Sol Lines)
o 1985-1985 ~ Sun Express (Sally Line)
o 1985-1986 ~ Viking 6 (Sally Line)
o 1986-1994 ~ Moby Dream (Moby Lines)
o 1994-2001 ~ Sardegna Bella (Sardegna Lines)
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M/V Wickersham
Wikipedia
M/V Wickersham
SitNews
M/V Stena Britannica
Simplon Post Cards
M/V Viking 6
Dover Ferry Photos
Alaska Marine
Highway System

3.  Description / Details:
o IMO ~ 6177148
o Year Built ~ 1967
o Yard Built ~ A/S Lagesund Mekaniske Versted, Norway
o Dimensions ~ Length=363ft; Width=60ft; Draft=16ft
o Tonnage ~ 2,174 Domestic Gross Tons
o Machinery ~ MAN Diesels
o Speed ~ 22 Knots
o Capacity ~ Passengers=1200; Beds=454; Cars=220
o Original Name ~ Stena Britannica
o Sister Ship ~ Stena Germanica
o Original Route ~ Kiel-Gothenburg Service
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4. M/V Stena Britannica - (Stena Line: 1967-68) 4
Built by A/S Langesund Mekaniske Verksted in Norway in 1967
Owned & Operated by the Stena Line on the Kiel-Gothenburg route

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The M/V Wickersham, acquired by the State of Alaska in 1968,
was named after James Wickersham. He was a district judge
for Alaska appointed by US President William McKinley to the
Third Judicial District in 1900.
He resigned his post in 1908 and was subsequently elected as
Alaska’s delegate to Congress, serving until 1917 and then
being re-elected in 1930.
He was instrumental in the passage of the Organic Act of
1912, which granted Alaska territorial status, introduced
the Alaska Railroad bill, legislation to establish McKinley
Park, and the first Alaska Statehood Bill in 1916.
He was among those responsible for the creation of the
Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, which
later became the University of Alaska
He was born August 24, 1857, in
Patoka, Illinois, and died October
24, 1939, in Juneau, Alaska.
James
Wickersham

6. Renamed: M/V Wickersham - (Alaska Marine Highway: 1968-74) 6
Purchased by the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) in 1968
Operated by AMHS as a Mainline Ferry on the Southeast Alaska Route

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Repainted and now “flying” the Alaska Marine Highway System colors:
M/V Wickersham - (Alaska Marine Highway: 1968-74)

8. 8M/V Wickersham – Moored at Ketchikan Ferry Terminal

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Route: SE Alaska Run

10. 10M/V Wickersham - (Alaska Marine Highway: 1968-74)

11. 11M/V Wickersham

12. 12M/V Wickersham - (Alaska Marine Highway: 1968-74)

13. 13M/V Wickersham - (Alaska Marine Highway: 1968-74)

14. Renamed: M/V Viking 6 - (Sally UK: 1974-80) 14
AMHS Sold her to Rederi AB Sally (Sally Line) in 1974
She was renamed M/V Viking and operated by the “Viking Line”

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Route: Stockholm - Helsinki

16. Renamed: M/V Goelo - (Brittany Ferries: 1980-81)
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Vessel still owned by the “Sally Line”
Chartered out and operated by the “Brittany Ferries” in 1980

17. 17Renamed: M/V Viking 6 - (North Sea Ferries: 1982)
The Vessel was returned to “Sally” and chartered out to “North Sea Ferries” in 1982
She was renamed Viking 6 and served the Ramsgate-Dunkerque route

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Route: Ramsgate-Dunkerque

19. Sol Olympia - (Sol Lines: 1982-85)
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“Sally Line” sold her to the “Sol Lines” who operated her on the Venice-Haifa route

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Route: Venice-Haifa

21. Renamed: M/V Sun Express - (Sally UK: 1985) 21
Ownership reverted back to “Sally Line” when the “Sol Lines” declared bankruptcy

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23. M/V Viking 6 - (Sally UK: 1985-86) 23
Vessel continued operating under the “Sally Line”
Name changed back to M/V Viking 6

24. Renamed: M/V Moby Dream - (Moby Lines: 1986-1994) 24
Vessel sold to “Moby Lines” in 1986
Name changed to M/V Moby Dream

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26. 26Renamed: M/V Sardegna Bella - (Sardegna Lines: 1994-2001)
Vessel transferred to “Moby Lines” subsidery “Sardegna Bella in 1994
Name changed to M/V Sardegna Bella

27. M/V Sardegna Bella
(ex-Moby Dream) in 2001
Being broken up in Turkey
M/V Sardegna Bella
(Sardegna Lines, Moby
subsidary: 1994-2001)
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