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F/B Blue Aegean
Photo
© Ted Blank
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Ship |
Blue Aegean (2001) |
Building Spec. |
1972 at Hashihama Shipbuilding yards, Japan N° 310 |
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GRT |
14.797 |
DWT |
2.817 |
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Dimensions |
137,84 x 23,4 x 5,61 |
Engines |
2 IHI - Pielstick, 14.033 kW |
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Speed |
22 knots |
Passengers |
1.350 |
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Beds |
429 in 179 cabins |
Cars |
400 |
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Lane Metres |
690 |
Sister Ships |
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Registry Port |
Piraeus |
Flag |
Greek |
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Former Owners |
Ocean Ferry KK 1972-76 Ocean Tokyu Ferry 1976-91 Minoan Lines 1991 |
Former Names |
Cassiopeia 1972-76 Izu No 3 1976-91 Superferry 1991-01 Erotokritos 1991 |
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New Owners |
Swansea Cork Ferries 2002ŕ |
New Names |
Superferry 2002ŕ |
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Line |
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Bought by Strintzis nel 1991 for the Cyclades
line (Rafina - Andros - Tinos - Myconos - Syros) was even used also on
international routes (Patras - Igoumenitsa - Corfu - Ancona); the “Superferry”
seems to be a very good ship and everyone which had travelled aboard her is
enthusiast of this real “Superferry”. Probably due to the bad month of
September 1992, when the “Superferry” had a collision with “Penelope A” at
Rafina on 3rd and hitted the quay at Tinos on 30th, Strintzis Lines decided to
replace her with the smaller “Superferry II” and transfer her to Swansea Cork
Ferries, acquired the same year by the greek company and put her on the route
from Swansea (Wales) to Cork, (Ireland), repainting the name but with unchanged
name, registry port (Piraeus) and the Strintzis logo on the funnels. Some
rumours at the beginning of 1999 indicated her return to the adriatic as
“Superferry Kerkira”, but the “Ionian Galaxy” returned from the charter to
Libyan Government and the “Superferry” didn’t
return in Adriatic service. But the destiny decided that “Superferry”
has to return in Adriatic seas that year: on November 1999 substitutes the
“Ionian Island” chartered by Superfast Ferries on the lines from Ancona and
Venice to Corfu, Igoumenitsa and Patras. Despite the sale of Swansea Cork
Ferries the “Superferry”, although in Strintzis ownership, continues her
service in Irish Sea. She grounded two times on Irish service: on April 1994 on
a Cork - Swansea crossing and on November 1994 in Swansea Port. For 2001 season the ship, renamed “Blue
Aegean”, was redeployed on the link between Piraeus, Syros, Tinos and Mykonos,
replacing the “Express Naias” of H.F.D., which was arrested the former year;
then she replaced in Adriatic the “Blue Bridge” on Brindisi – Corfu –
Igoumenitsa line. Was sold at the beginning of 2002 to the company which
operated her for several years, the Swansea Cork Ferries. Another big loss for
Greek Shipping Register…
STRINTZIS
LINES M/N Superferry photo Strintzis Lines
SWANSEA
CORK FERRIES F/B Superferry Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Patras, 22/11/99