Apollo (ship, 1970)
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The Apollo is a Ro-Ro - ferry the Canadian shipping company Labrador Marine.
history
The ship was under the hull number 560 on the shipyard Jos. L. Meyer built in Papenburg for Rederi Slite. It was the first in a series of nine “ Papenburg Sisters ” ferry ships, six of which were built for the Viking Line's ferry service . The ship was completed in April 1970. The ship, delivered on April 29, 1970, sailed under the flag of Sweden and was mainly used by Viking Line between Kapellskär , Mariehamn and Naantali until 1976 .
Since the capacity of the ship was no longer sufficient for Viking Line, it was sold to Olau Line in March 1976 . Olau Line used the ship brought under the flag of Denmark as Olau Kent between Vlissingen and Sheerness .
After the ship was arrested in Vlissingen in September 1980, it was foreclosed in November 1980. In this way it came to the shipping company Nordisk Færgefart, which used the ship as Gelting Nord on the route between Faaborg and Gelting . In March 1984 the ship was brought under the flag of the Bahamas and subsequently chartered out several times. Initially it was used by Brittany Ferries as a Benodet between Plymouth and Roscoff . A year later it drove as Corbière for Channel Island Ferries between the Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey and Portsmouth , partly also Saint-Malo , and later for British Channel Island Ferries, which were formed from the merger of Channel Island Ferries and Sealink. In 1989 the ship was finally used by Truckline Ferries, a subsidiary of Brittany Ferries, between Poole and Cherbourg . In 1990 the ship was sold to Eckerö Line , but initially sailed for another year on the route between Poole and Cherbourg. After the end of the charter, Eckerö Line brought the ship under the flag of Estonia and had it used by Estonian New Line between Helsinki and Tallinn . Through the merger with Tallink , the ship came to Tallink in early 1994. From 1995 to 1997 the ship, renamed Apollo again at the beginning of 1995 , sailed for Eestin Linjat, which Eckerö operated jointly with Birka Line, on the route between Helsinki and Tallinn. Then the ship was laid up in Mariehamn .
From spring to autumn 1998 the ferry was used as a hotel ship in Vyborg . At the end of the year it ran for Tallink between Kapellskär and Paldiski at short notice . In 1999, Nordisk Færgefart chartered the ship and operated it between Bagenkop and Kiel for around six months . With the end of the possibility of duty-free shopping on board ships in the EU , the connection was discontinued at the end of June 1999 and the ship laid up again in Mariehamn.
At the end of 1999 the ship was sold to the Canadian company Labrador Marine. The ship was used under the flag of Canada on the route over the Belle Isle Strait between Blanc-Sablon in the province of Québec and St. Barbe in Newfoundland . Instead of St. Barbe, Corner Brook was called during the winter months when St. Barbe could not be called due to the ice situation.
In September 2018, Labrador Marine bought the double-ended MM 90 FC ferries, which were used to replace old ferries. The route of the Apollo over the Belle-Isle-Strasse was taken over by the former Grete, renamed Qajaq W, in early 2019 . The Apollo was then decommissioned and launched .
Technical data and equipment
The ship was first of two KHD - diesel engines : driven (type SBV 12M 350). In the early 1980s, the engines were replaced by two MAN B&W diesel engines (type: 9L32 / 36). The motors act on two controllable pitch propellers . The cruising speed of the ship is around 18 knots . The ship is equipped with a bow thruster .
The ship has seven decks, including two vehicle decks. The lower vehicle deck on deck 2 (A-deck) can be reached via a stern ramp and a bow opening. The bow opening is closed by a bow visor that can be folded up to open. As a result of the sinking of the Estonia in September 1994, the ship was equipped with an additional bulkhead between the bow visor and the car deck. The upper vehicle deck on deck 3 (B-deck) can be reached via ramps from the lower vehicle deck.
The engine room and facilities for the ship's crew are located on deck 1 below the vehicle decks . On decks 4 to 6 above the vehicle decks there are facilities for passengers, on deck 6 (E deck) there are facilities for the ship's crew as well as on the bridge deck above with the command bridge (F deck). The passenger cabins, the reception, a small shop, a children's playroom and a small sauna are located on deck 4 (C-deck). This deck also provides access for passengers traveling without a vehicle.
Due to the short passage time between Blanc-Sablon and St. Barbe, the facilities on deck 4 are not required. Some of the cabins are used by the ship's crew, who have given up the cabins in the crew deck on deck 1 below the vehicle decks.
On deck 5 (D-deck) are u. a. a restaurant, which is also no longer used, a cateteria, bar, reclining chairs and a children's playroom, where there used to be a kiosk. There is a sun deck in the rear of the ship.
On deck 6 (E-deck) are u. a. a lounge and other recliners as well as a sundeck running around on three sides. There were also three lifeboats and life rafts on both sides of the ship . The lifeboats were removed in the mid-2000s and replaced with additional life rafts.
The passenger capacity was initially 1200 people. 240 people could be accommodated in the passenger cabins. Reclining chairs were available for additional passengers. 260 cars could be carried on the vehicle decks. The available capacities changed as a result of modifications. In the ferry service between Blanc-Sablon and St. Barbe, the capacity of the ship is 240 passengers and 85 cars.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d St. Barbe - Blanc Sablon (Strait of Belle Isle Area) , Transportation and Works, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b M / S Apollo , Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Apollon - St Barbe – Blanc Sablon , Canada & Alaska Summer 2006, HHV Ferry. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ References. In: Innovations & Technologies - Shipbuilding in Papenburg , Meyer-Werft brochure, p. 55 (PDF, 8.7 MB). Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ M / F Apollo , Færgejournalen. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ M / F "Gelting Nord" , Faaborg-Gelting Linien & Nordisk Færgefart. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ M / V Benodet , Brittany Seas Ships. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Apollon - St Barbe – Blanc Sablon , Canada & Alaska Summer 2006, HHV Ferry. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ Langeland-Kiel (history) , Færgejournalen. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ Labrador Marine Inc. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ^ Strait of Belle Isle Ferry Service , Transportation and Works, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (PDF, 318 kB). Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ Alyson Samson: Adios, Astron and Apollo: Modern ferries to take up service on Labrador coast in 2019 , CBC News, September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ Meet the Qajaq, set to sail the Strait of Belle Isle in 2019 , CBS News, January 2, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ↑ a b Apollo , Færgelejet. Retrieved September 24, 2018.