Egnatia III
_(Kiel_55.319).jpg) As Stena Scandinavica on her maiden voyage in July 1973
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The Egnatia III was a ferry that entered service in 1973 as Stena Scandinavica for the Stena Line . It was last used by Algérie Ferries until it was retired in 2005. In 2007 the ship was scrapped in India .
period of service
The Stena Scandinavica was built as one of two sister ships at Titovo Brodogradiliste in Kraljevica . After being launched on September 9, 1972, the ship was delivered to Stena Line in June 1973 and was used on the route from Gothenburg to Kiel from July 1973 . In the summer months, the ship was also used on the routes from Kiel to Korsør and Gothenburg to Frederikshavn . In June 1975 a fire broke out in the engine room of the Stena Scandinavica , but it was quickly extinguished. Nevertheless, the ship had to interrupt its voyage to be repaired in Gothenburg. In 1974 the Stena Scandinavica was equipped with additional cabins. In January 1978 the ship was retired and sold to the Irish Continental Line , which renamed it Saint Killian .
The ship was originally intended to go straight to the Irish Continental Line, but was instead chartered out to the former owner, Stena Line, for a month and used on the route from Rosslare via Cork and Cherbourg to Le Havre .
In the early 1980s, the Irish Continental Line needed more capacity for passengers. Instead of buying a new ship, it was decided to extend the Saint Killian by more than 32 meters from February 1981. On February 26, 1982, the ship was put into service on its old route under the new name Saint Killian II .
On December 25, 1986, a fire broke out on board the ship off the coast of Cornwall , causing it to lose its propulsion. The maneuverable ship was brought to the port of Falmouth with the help of tugs , where the damage was makeshift repaired. The actual repair took place in January 1987 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg . In February 1987 the Saint Killian II was put back into service.
On September 27, 1997, the Saint Killian II was decommissioned after a last trip from Ringaskiddy to Le Havre and offered for sale. In October 1998 the ship was sold to Cape Enterprise Ltd. based in Panama and renamed Medina Star . However, it was not put back into service, but instead launched in Piraeus . In 2000 the ship was sold to Green Maritime Ltd. sold. After the bankruptcy of the company, the ship fell to Emporiki Bank in 2001 , but was still launched. It was not until 2002 that the ship was chartered to Hellenic Mediterranean Lines and renamed Egnatia III .
After modernization, the Egnatia III was used on the route from Patras via Igoumenitsa and Corfu to Brindisi . In June 2004 the ship was chartered to Algérie Ferries and from then on used from Bejaia via Algiers and Oran to Marseille . She also drove the route from Oran to Alicante .
scrapping
In January 2005 the charter contract with Algérie Ferries expired and the ship was returned to Emporiki Bank, which had it laid up again in Piraeus. It was not chartered out to a new operator, but instead sold after two years of lay-in to be scrapped in Alang , where it arrived in August 2007.
Sister ship
The identical sister ship Stena Olympica was renamed and resold several times like her sister ship, but remained in service for a few years longer. The ship was last used as the Scotia Prince by Marmara Lines until it was launched in 2010. In 2012 the ship was scrapped under the transfer name Prince in Chittagong .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Stena Olympica on faktaomfartyg. Retrieved July 27, 2015 .