Nils Dacke as built had a fairly straightforward general arrangement with two main passenger decks above the car garage, as well as two decks with cabins beneath.
The upper passenger deck (Deck 6) was the location of the main passenger facilities: a large restaurant covered the entire width of the ship forward, with a small bar on the starboard side just aft. Heading astern of this, a wide passegeway offset to the starboard side linked to the stern accommodation, passing the starboard side duty free shop on the way. Aft, a large cafeteria took up the bulk of the space, with a small playroom just ahead on the starboard side. Right aft, centrally, was a small lounge which appears to have served as something of a refuge from the eating and drinking involved in all of the other public spaces on the ship.
On Deck 5 below, were the bulk of the better-grade cabins, covering the entire deck apart from an area at the stern where there was an additional garage, reached by side loading facilities at Travemunde and Malmo. Also on this deck were a central lobby and reception area, and two vestibules containing stairways leading up from the lower decks.
After the ship became Brittany Ferries' Quiberon in 1982, various changes were made, which are detailed in the respective pages dealing with each area. The most significant of these however was the conversion of the aft upper garage on Deck 5 into additional cabins prior to the ship entering service.
Although Brittany Ferries carried out a large amount of refurbishment of Quiberon, the only major structural change they made after the ship entered service occurred in the 1990 refit, where the large forward restaurant was split into a new bar (starboard and forward) and a new, smaller restaurant (port). The original bar became a new salon de thé.
With Medmar, the main change to the ship's passenger spaces for use as the Giulia d'Abundo was the conversion of the restaurant into an additional lounge area. |
