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{{Short description|Cruise ferry built in 2007}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=ColorMagic Liegeplatz Taufe Kiel2007.jpg
|Ship caption=''Color Magic'' in Kiel in 2007
}}
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|Ship name=''Color Magic''
|Ship owner=[[Color Line (ferry operator)|Color Line]]
|Ship operator=
|Ship registry=[[Oslo]], {{flag|Norway|civil}}
|Ship ordered=27 May 2005<ref name="FoF">{{in lang|sv}} [http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/color_magic_2007.htm MS ''Color Magic'' (2007) at Fakta om Fartyg], retrieved 13. 9. 2007</ref>
|Ship builder=*[[Aker Finnyards]] [[Perno shipyard|Turku Shipyard]], [[Finland]] (hull)
*[[Aker Finnyards]] [[Rauma shipyard|Rauma Shipyard]], [[Finland]] (outfitting)<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship yard number=1355<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship laid down=8 August 2006<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship launched=15 December 2006<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship completed=
|Ship acquired=6 September 2007<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship christened=15 September 2007<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship in service=17 September 2007<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship identification={{IMO Number|9349863}}
|Ship fate=
|Ship notes=
}}
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|Ship tonnage=*{{GT|75,100}}<ref name="Color">{{in lang|no}} [http://www.colorline.no/pages/ship/facts.faces?contentId=*1.3248&gridId=*1.0 Color Line website : Color Magic - Fakta]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 13. 9. 2007</ref>
*{{DWT|4,750}}<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship displacement=
|Ship length={{convert|734|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=flip}}<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship beam={{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="Color" />
|Ship height=
|Ship draught={{convert|6.80|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="Color" />
|Ship draft=
|Ship ice class=
|Ship sail plan=
|Ship propulsion=*4 × [[Wärtsilä]] 8L46B
*31,200 kW (combined)<ref name="FoF" />
|Ship speed={{convert|22|kn}}<ref name="Color" />
|Ship capacity=*2,600 passengers
*2,975 passenger beds
*1,016 cabins
*550 cars
*1,270 [[Lanes in metres|lanemeter]]s<ref name="Color" />
|Ship crew=
|Ship notes=Sister ship to [[MS Color Fantasy|''Color Fantasy'']]
}}
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'''MS ''Color Magic''''' is a [[cruiseferry]] owned and operated by the [[Norway]]-based [[shipping company]] [[Color Line (ferry operator)|Color Line]] on its route connecting [[Oslo]], Norway, with [[Kiel]], [[Germany]]. She was built at [[Aker Finnyards]] [[Rauma shipyard|Rauma Shipyard]], [[Finland]] in 2007 and has been the largest ferry in the world ever since.<ref>[http://marine.cat.com/cda/files/974717/7/Ro-Pax+Ferry_4x+MaK_12+M+43+C_Tallink+Star_Ferry+Technology_2007_Jun.pdf New delivery - Star]. Ferry Technology, June/July 2007. {{retrieved | accessdate=2012-08-13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Wirtschaft/EN/Businessland/archive/PDFs/issue_december_2007_pdf__blob=publicationFile.pdf Official launch of Color Magic in Kiel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101060733/http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Wirtschaft/EN/Businessland/archive/PDFs/issue_december_2007_pdf__blob%3DpublicationFile.pdf |date=2014-01-01 }}. Businessland, December 2007. {{retrieved | accessdate=2012-08-13}}</ref>

''Color Magic'' is a sister vessel of [[MS Color Fantasy|MS ''Color Fantasy'']], delivered to Color Line in 2004. The ship has over 1000 cabins and 54 suites.<ref name="VG">{{in lang|no}} [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=161883 VG: Her er nye Color Magic], retrieved 6. 9. 2007</ref> Unlike her sister, ''Color Fantasy'' was built in [[Turku]]. ''Color Magic'' has 89 more cabins than ''Color Fantasy'', as well as larger conference facilities, making it slightly larger in terms of gross tonnage.<ref name="VG" />

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|IMO 9349863}}
* [https://www.colorline.com/about-us/color-magic/ Color Line website for MS ''Color Magic'']

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[[Category:Cruiseferries]]
[[Category:Ferries of Norway]]
[[Category:Ships built in Turku]]
[[Category:Ships built in Rauma, Finland]]
[[Category:2006 ships]]
[[Category:Color Line (ferry operator)]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of Norway]]

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