Editing MS Gabriella (section)

===1994–1997: ''Silja Scandinavia''===
Following the closure of Euroway ''Frans Suell'' sailed to the [[Vuosaari shipyard]] in [[Helsinki]], Finland, where she was fitted with rear sponsons, refurbished, painted in Silja Line livery and renamed ''Silja Scandinavia''. On 31 March 1994 she entered service on the [[Turku]]–[[Stockholm]] route.<ref name=FoF /><ref name=Stampehl /> Silja Line's main rivals [[Viking Line]], who owned two of the ship's sisters, were also interested in chartering the ship but thought the price was too high.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

As Silja Line's charter agreement for ''Silja Scandinavia'' was drawing to a close in 1996, the main funders of Sea-Link demanded that instead of continuing the charter the ship should be sold to the highest bidder. Although Silja Line would have wanted to continue operating the ship, the company was in such a poor financial condition that it could not pay the price asked for the ship. Instead, she was sold to Viking Line on 11 November 1996, with the delivery date planned in April 1997.<ref name=Stampehl /><ref>Malmberg, Stampehl (2007). p. 165.</ref> On 4 April 1997 ''Silja Scandinavia'' arrived for the last time in Turku in Silja Line colours.<ref name=Stampehl />

[[Image:Gabriella Helsinki 1997.jpg|thumb|left|''Gabriella'' in Helsinki, May 1997. Note the all-red funnel and white-painted car ramps]]