Finnjet

During the years Finnjet has gone through a huge amount of renovations and servicing. Until 1995, Finnjet had an annual docking at HDW's shipyard in Kiel every spring, where most of the renovations took place. In total the ship has visited 7 different shipyards.

All dry-dock visits include also painting of the underwater part, tons of smaller technical servicing, overhauling and changing of parts etc. Here we mainly listed things that changed the ship's appearance, internal or external, and can be noticed in photographs. The list is not complete, lots of information before 1985 is missing.

Time of Servicing	Shipyard/Place	Known operations/renovations during the docking, also costs
? - 31.05.80	HDW, Kiel
24.10.-13.12.81 (45 days at shipyard)	Amsterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij, Amsterdam	Installation of diesel-electric propulsion system, costs 25 million FIM
25.-28.05.82	Helsinki	Service days
25.-31.03.1985	HDW Kiel	Radar equipment renewed (new radar antenna)
12.01.-08.02.86	Wärtsilä Helsinki	Commodore class cabins, renovated A la carte restaurant, additional blue stripes painted to the hull, remeasured to 25.908 BRT, costs 13,5 million FIM
20.-24.04.86	HDW Kiel
16.-21.12.86	HDW Kiel	New starboard side propeller blades and rudder after grounding in Helsinki
02.-12.04.87	HDW Kiel	Silja Line external livery, renovated Bulevard Cafe, Infodesk and Stardust, costs 11 million FIM
10.-17.04.88	HDW Kiel	Darker external livery, renovated Helsinki buffet, kitchens and A-cabins, sleep-in beds introduced for summer seasons
16.-23.04.89	HDW Kiel	Tax-free and cabin renovations, costs 1,5m €/3m DEM/9m FIM
20.-25.04.90	HDW Kiel	External livery changed to Effjohn-style, ducktail built
19.-24.04.91	HDW Kiel
03.-08.04.92	HDW Kiel
1993	HDW Kiel	Port side funnel's Silja's logo-seal turned around
08.-30.04.94	HDW Kiel	New reduction gear, lighter blue hull-logos, Fiesta-restaurant and Panorama Bar built, new electronic chart system ECDIS, costs 45m FIM. Remeasured to 32.940 GT, 17.284 NT
06.-13.04.95	HDW Kiel	Third watertight ramp installed, changes in bow-deck contructions
13.-20.04.96	Turun korjaustelakka, Vuosaari, near Helsinki	New satellite antennas, children's pool
18.09-06.10.97	Cityvarvet, Gothenburg	Rebuilt tax-free & Paradise bar, lighter blue external livery, new bow thruster, old thruster installed as stern thruster, costs 29m FIM
02.-04.06.98	Helsinki	Service days, removal of the Panorama Bridge (?)
28.05-02.06.01	Turun korjaustelakka, Vuosaari, near Helsinki	New FRB-boat, new type of bottom paint, new propeller blades
29.-31.5.03	Helsinki	Service days, new bow-visor locks, new till systems on board, installed VDR (Voyage Data Recorder) and AIS-radar transponder equipment.
27.4.-09.6.04	Finnyards Rauma	New steering system with new rudders, complete interior renovation, new 4-person inside-cabins, new HI-FOG sprinkler system, bridge wings covered, stern ramp extended, 15m €
11.-18.04.05	Finnyards Rauma	Guarantee service checks, cleaning of underwater hull
19.-20.09.05	Rostock	Service days, removal of stern ramp extensions, installation of a temporary (?) 3rd satellite antenna
13.-16.02.07	Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport	Bottom cleaning and maintenance works