The Story Of GTS Finnjet

[@wiltzu81]

During my maritime studies I used to be cadet there onboard back in 2002. Persons shown on this clip at bridge are Captain Carl Sviberg (1930-2014) and Chief Officer Seppo Ylitalo. Carl Sviberg was highly liked by his crew and extremely skilled captain to maneuver the vessel. He was allready retired legend when I was a cadet. Finnjet was the fastest conventional passengership in the world with top speed of 33,5 knots. Powered with Pratt & Whitney gas turbines similars as on Douglas DC-8 and Boeing 727 aircrafts, it was the first civil vessel with gas turbines and fourth in the world. It was also the first civil vessel in Finland and probably one of the first ones in globally with ECDIS navigation in the middle of the nineties. The christmas cruise mentioned on video back in December 2002 was my final trip as cadet. I visited as a passenger once more shortly before vessel left Finland last time.

[@TheShipChannel]

An interesting read! Thank you! 😀

[@IZAQ_]

This ship is nothing but legendary. When she was launched she was not only the fastest ferry of all time but she was also the biggest. She is also considered to be the first cruise ferry ever built. Her effort in saving the M/S Estonia survivors also can not go without mention. All of this, all of her impressive history and design just for her to be beached at Alang and not even making a profit of it. It is sad I never was able to go with her, and I think most people here could agree that she should have been preserved as a museum of sorts instead of getting scrapped

[@TheShipChannel]

I agree with you! A museum would be awesome

[@pistonburner6448]

It could've been the fastest museum in the world!

[@Theferryguy6648]

It turns out this is not the fastest ferry it turns out to be hsc Francisco

[@IZAQ_]

@@Theferryguy6648 overall yep, though in terms of conventional hull she was the fastest, along with that when she went into service she was the fastest ferry ever built

[@janvanrenselaar5998]

I have made several trip on the route Travemunde-Helsinki-Travemunde with the speedy gonzalez of the Baltic Sea. As a lorry driver i loaded a lot fruits and vegetables in Spain,Italoy and South of France for Finland. And from Finland we loaded a lot of garden peat in Eurajoki-Irjanne or Near Helsiki sugar-cubes for Spain. And we had always our weekly rest on that ferry. Nice and friendly crew,good food and the little swimmingpool are the things that stay with me forever.

[@TheShipChannel]

Sounds very nice! 😀

[@zoolkhan]

and the swimming pool had little windows for the lamps, that engine personnel could look through 🙂 i hope you kept the pants on haha

[@VilmaHallikas]

My younger sister got christened on Finnjet in 1996. We had a family friend who was part of the crew then and we sailed Helsinki-Travemunde-Helsinki many times in the 90's. The crew bar in the bow was nice. Loved that ship, it's a shame she got scrapped :(

[@okaro6595]

It could do the trip Helsinki Travemünde in 22 hours. That meant it could sail every day at the same hour on opposite directions. Fir the comparison if you now take a trip on Finnlines to Travemünde it takes 30 hours. Also the current ships take a third of the passengers - even though they are bigger.

[@lgerigk]

It could. But off season they didn‘t use the turbines and the time went up to > 30 hrs too. On a relatively old ship without many amenities. Operating at high speeds is just not economically viable.

[@salonjuna]

Style, speed, confidence. Nothing else.

[@TheShipChannel]

True! Truly one of a kind!

[@Velwichia]

I travelled with Finnjet in 20th March 1978 from Helsinki to Travemunde

[@kaukooja720]

We travelled in september 1978. we almost met 😉

[@Finland-SkiTeam39-40]

...GTS Finnjet was first gasturbine-engine cruise ship in the world (build in 1977), also biggest and fastest at that time.

[@joereima198]

"due to a strike" In Finland of course.

[@jackdoe3889]

Tunnetaan myös Veikon Koneena, Konepäällikkö Veikko Haapasen mukaisesti. Satoja matkoja tullut tehtyä vuosikymmenten aikana. Paljon hyviä muistoja.

[@hanhi]

My father was a helmsman on Finnjet in the late 70s.

[@TheShipChannel]

Nice!

[@iceman0036]

Jävlar va snabbt den fick mycket visningar👌

[@TheShipChannel]

Ja, är lite förvånad faktiskt 😅

[@adrianobueno6984]

Sad to see this kind of ending

[@Fortuna272]

Texts are hard to read as they fade away too quickly before I can fully read them. Best practice here is to read them yourself and add twice the on screen time.

[@TheShipChannel]

Will do! Thank you for the feedback!

[@PU8698]

KZbin has a feature to slow down the playback.

[@superadio1]

Saw her many times during my job onboard MV ESTRELLA in 1985

[@domeoriginal]

June 1991 Helsinki-Travemunde for starting 3 weeks roadtrip in Europe.

[@po902]

Summer 1992 Hki-Traveműnde roadtrip for 1-2 weeks.

[@helptheoceans]

She was nice vessel as i work over there in Deck department

[@TheShipChannel]

Nice! I’m currently studying to become an able seaman :)

[@djmoomoomoo]

I was as a resident dj on Finnjet 2000 - 2004

[@TheShipChannel]

Nice! :)

[@laivatietajaYT]

I got many vid of Finnjet too! So sad she got scrapped

[@nuolis]

if i had money,i would recreate finnjet as cruise ship

[@TheShipChannel]

Same!

[@mysticprophecy5395]

If I had the money I’d rather build a ship in the style of early 1900 ocean steamers

[@nuolis]

@@mysticprophecy5395 titanic?

[@mysticprophecy5395]

@@nuolis perhaps but I’d rather go by my original design, of course inspired by titanic but also Aquintania, Empress of Ireland and more

[@nuolis]

@@mysticprophecy5395 i see

[@454FatJack]

June 1984 Hki-Travemunde

[@roimikko]

I cruised Finnjet from Helsinki to Tallinn

[@TheShipChannel]

Nice!

[@SPPhotography89]

me too.

[@katjachristina7765]

Me too

[@janioutinen9171]

You should`ve put talk instead of text to this video. Great ship tough.

[@TheShipChannel]

I might do that in the future! :)

[@peterschuglitsch5733]

Hi i am Peter ( Austrian ) was in this times Truck Driver for Sped. H.Winnen, Pilkington Glassworks Gladbeck, NRW. We, my Friend norbert and i where sailing 3 times with MS Finnjet to Katajanokka, Helsingfors. The Cabins for Truckers are very smal but ok for two night sleeping. But the entertainment in the the Bar was great, finally the Security put us out at 3 o`clock. Norbert foundt a girl from Goslar for love and her Mother slept in my Cabin. But the best joke was on the trip back. Under the Bridge, one deck down passengers can see in front, with some sciens of computers, about the route and weather. And the Joke of the night was an german tourist, 2 o`clock in the morning, der fragte : kann man das nicht etwas lauter machen. wenn man das auf der brücke verstanden hätte wäre die Finnjet ohne Autopilot for Lachen vom Kurs abgekommen. Best Friends of Europa, Suomi People, Kitos.

[@SDU1969]

An amazing ship!

[@TheShipChannel]

I agree!

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Wonderful video!

[@TheShipChannel]

Thank you!

[@airjuri]

I think that i "traveled" with Finnjet couple of times :)

[@siljaships]

Great video 🙂

[@TheShipChannel]

Thanks mate 😎

[@ancca78]

2 y old, 1980, Helsinki - Traveműnde

[@lum3nk3hto]

Very short story.

[@PeugeotmannenBreak]

Hon var helt unik inte helt utan vibrationer 😅

[@TheShipChannel]

Kan tänka mig det 😅

[@mhyotyni]

Ja, man kunde alltid känna vibrationer på diskodäcket- somliga tyckte att det var en bra sak! 💘😉