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for her. During the following decade three of her sister ships would also find their way into Vaasa-Umeå's fleet. In fact the company had considered ordering a newbuild of the same class in the early 70's, but had decided it would be too expensive.
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in Sweden. People living on both sides of
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from Silja Line and started up traffic from Vaasa to Umeå. RG Line filed for bankruptcy in
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631:Categories
558:"About us"
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536:Wasa Queen
395:Wasa Queen
370:Skellefteå
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419:RG Line
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366:Kokkola
165:Kvarken
155:History
115:Website
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