Cecilia Payne (ship)
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The Cecilia Payne is a fast ferry operated by the Spanish shipping company Baleària .
history
The ship was built in the late 1990s as hull number 94 at the Austal shipyard in Henderson, Australia , for the Irish Continental Group. It belongs to the “Auto Express 86” class built by the shipyard and was the third of seven ships in the class. The construction costs of the ship amounted to the equivalent of 38.8 million euros.
The launching of the ship took place in February 1999, the delivery in May 1999. The ship came as Jonathan Swift under the flag of Ireland with homeport Dublin momentum. It has been in service by Irish Ferries in the Irish Sea since June 1999 on the route between Dublin in Ireland and Holyhead in the United Kingdom . The ship was the shipping company's first fast ferry. It was founded by Irish Ferries in response to the starting April 1996 between Dun Laoghaire and Holyhead circulating fast ferry Stena Explorer of the shipping company Stena Line acquired. It was named after the Irish writer Jonathan Swift , u. a. Author of Gulliver's Travels .
In February 2006 the ship was brought under the flag of Cyprus . Limassol became the new home port .
At the beginning of 2018, the ship was sold to the Spanish shipping company Baleària for 15.5 million euros. On April 27, 2018, the ship's service with Irish Ferries ended. It was replaced by the Dublin Swift .
Balearia sets the after astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin in Cecilia Payne renamed ship since June 2018 in ferry traffic in the Mediterranean between Denia and Ibiza and Mallorca one.
Technical specifications
The ship is powered by four Caterpillar - diesel engines of the type 3618, each with 7,200 kW power driven. The motors act via gears on four water jet drives . The ship thus reaches a speed of around 40 knots .
The ship is equipped with ramps at the bow and stern to minimize handling times for vehicles in the port. Nine lanes are available on the continuous vehicle deck, which is located on the main deck. A mezzanine deck with three lanes each is available on both sides . The usable height of the middle lanes on the main deck is 4.4 meters. The usable height under the mezzanine decks is 2.2 meters and on the mezzanine decks 2.0 meters. The maximum axle load in the middle lanes is up to 12 t, under and on the mezzanine decks 1 t.
The ferry can carry 200 cars or 125 cars and ten buses. Instead of buses, trucks can also be transported.
Passenger facilities are located on the two decks above the main deck.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Auto Express 86 ( Memento of August 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), Austal.
- ^ Vehicle + Passanger Ferries , Austal. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ↑ a b Irish Continental Group to Sell High-Speed Craft 'Jonathan Swift' , Afloat, January 30, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ A b Sale of Jonathan Swift , Announcement from Irish Continental Group, GlobeNewswire, January 30, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ↑ a b c HSC Jonathan Swift , Facta om Fartyg. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ↑ Jonathan Swift , Austal. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ A b c Jonathan Swift - Vehicle / Passenger Ferry , Ship Technology. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ↑ Veteran Irish Ferries' catamaran Jonathan Swift leaves Ireland for a new life in Spain , NI Ferry Site, April 28, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ↑ Deirdre Falvey: First look: Dublin Swift, the new fast to Holyhead ferry , The Irish Times, May 14, 2018. Accessed September 14, 2018th
- ↑ a b Irish Ferries Former 'First' Fast Ferry Jonathan Swift Departs On Delivery Voyage to the Mediterranean , Afloat, April 28, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.