Ariadne (ship, 1996)

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Ariadne
The Ariadne under charter from Algerie Ferries, July 2012
The Ariadne under charter from Algerie Ferries, July 2012
Ship data
flag GreeceGreece Greece
other ship names

Rainbow Bell (1996-2005)
Ferry Himuka (2005-2006)

Ship type Ferry
home port Piraeus
Owner Hellenic Seaways Maritime SA
Shipping company Hellenic Seaways
Shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , Shimonoseki
Build number 1020
Launch December 8, 1995
takeover March 28, 1996
Commissioning March 1996
Ship dimensions and crew
length
195.95 m ( Lüa )
width 27 m
Draft Max. 6.7 m
measurement 13,957 GT
Machine system
machine 2 × NKK Pielstick 14PC4-2V diesel engines
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		33,980 kW (46,200 hp)
Top
speed 		24.9 kn (46 km / h)
propeller 2
Transport capacities
running track meters 2,050 m
Permitted number of passengers 1,845
Vehicle capacity 700 cars
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO 9135262

The Ariadne is a ferry of the Greek shipping company Hellenic Seaways, which was commissioned in 1996 as Rainbow Bell . It has been in use since 2018 under the charter of Tirrenia - Compagnia italiana di navigazione on the route from Naples / Palermo to Cagliari .

history

As Ferry Himuka (2005)

The Rainbow Bell was built under construction number 1020 in the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Shimonoseki and was launched on December 8, 1995. On March 28, 1996, the ship was delivered to the Japanese Kyu-Etsu Ferry Company and put into service in the same month on the route from Hakata to Jōetsu .

In September 2001 the Rainbow Bell ended its service for the Kyu-Etsu Ferry Company. The new owner was the Shuttle Highway Line, which used the ship between Kyūshū and Yokosuka from July 2002 . In August 2005, the ferry under the name Ferry Himuka became the property of the Miyazaki Car Ferry shipping company.

After another year of ferry service in Japan, the Ferry Himuka went to the Greek shipping company Hellenic Seaways in November 2006 and was named Ariadne in December . After the ship's arrival in Keratsini in January 2007, conversion work followed for further service in the Mediterranean. On September 25, 2007, the Ariadne was put into service on the route from Piraeus to Chania .

In the following years, the Ariadne regularly changed the service route and was also chartered to other shipping companies. From January to March 2008 she worked for Minoan Lines and several times for ANEK Lines and Algerie Ferries . Most recently she served since October 2013 under the management of the Hellenic Seaways between Piraeus, Chios and Mytilini .

The Ariadne has been chartered to the Italian shipping company Tirrenia - Compagnia italiana di navigazione since March 2018 and is in use on the route from Naples / Palermo to Cagliari.

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