Today the Bore is a combination museum and hotel ship docked permanently in Turku (Abo), Finland. She was originally built in 1960 by Oskarshamn shipyard, Oskarshamn, Sweden as a car/passenger ferry for Steamship Company Bore, Finland, the first ferry on the route between Finland and Sweden where cars could drive aboard. She was later known as SS Borea, before being rebuilt as cruise ship in 1988. From 1988 to 2010 she was owned by the Finnish shipping company Kristina Cruises and known as MS Kristina Regina until she was retired due to being unable to fulfill new safety regulations.
Tonnage: 3,492 GRT (1960) 4,295 GRT (1988)
Length: 327 feet (99.7 metres)
Beam: 50.2 feet (15.3 metres)
Speed: 16.5 knots
Passengers: 1,028 (1960), 245 (1988)
Car capacity: 50 (1960) none after 1988 rebuild
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