Built: 1964
Shipbuilder: Werft Nobiskrug Rendsburg, Germany
Port of Registry: St. John's Newfoundland
Service route: North Sydney, Nova Scotia-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland
Service date: late 1960's-1976
Length: 110 meters
Gross Tonnes: 3625
Service Speed: 22 knots
Passengers: 557
Autos: 100
Former name: Prins Bertil
Sister ship(s): Gustav Vasa, Innisfallen, Munster, Kronprins Carl Gustav
Interesting facts:
The Leif Eiriksson was named after the norseman who established the first viking settlement in the new world at the northern tip of Newfoundland.
The Leif Eiriksson was sold after the arrival of the Marine Nautica and Marine Atlantica.
Former names since: Ionian Star, Orient Star
Currently this ferry operates in China under the name Tian Kun.
