Granville (ship)
 The ship as Bornholm Express in Christiansø .
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The Granville is a French fast ferry that is used in ferry traffic to the Channel Islands . The ship was put into service in 2006 as the Bornholm Express and was used in ferry services to Bornholm and the Christiansø archipelago until 2014 .
history
Bornholm Express
The ferry was designed by WaveMaster International in Henderson, Australia . The contract to build the ship was signed on May 26, 2004. The ferry, built by WaveMaster International, was due to be delivered on April 1, 2005. Due to the bankruptcy of the shipyard in November 2004, there were delays in construction. The Damen Shipyards Group was commissioned to continue building the ferry and completed the ship on February 26, 2006 at its shipyard in Singapore . Then it was shipped to Copenhagen . On April 28, 2006 the ferry was delivered to the shipping company Christiansøfarten.
Christiansøfarten used the ship under the flag of Denmark in ferry traffic between Allinge on Bornholm and Simrishamn in Sweden and between Allinge and Christiansø. It also served as a mail ship . After Post Danmark terminated the contract with the shipping company in 2013, the ship was sold and the connection through Christiansøfarten was discontinued.
Granville
At the end of April 2014 the ship was transferred to France. The ferry is used by the Manche îles Express as Granville (named after the city in Normandy ) under the French flag. It connects mainland France with the United Kingdom's Channel Islands.
Technical data and equipment
The ship will be three four-stroke - six-cylinder - diesel engines from manufacturer Caterpillar : with a total of 2,709 (type C32) kW power driven. The motors act on three propellers via gears . The ship is equipped with two bow thrusters with 15 kW each. Two generators with 135 kVA apparent power are available for generating electricity on board , which are driven by two Caterpillar diesel engines with 108 kW power. The engine system is distributed over two engine rooms . A main engine and a generator set are located in one of the engine rooms, and two main engines and a generator set are housed in the other.
The hull and superstructure are made of aluminum. The ferry has three decks . There are entrances for passengers on both sides of the main deck. A total of 245 seats are available in two areas on the deck. There is also a kiosk, toilets and storage space for luggage on the deck. The engine rooms are located below the main deck. A sundeck with 66 seats and the wheelhouse are located above the main deck .
literature
- Jakob Pinkster: Mv Bornholm Express. In: Schip & Werf de Zee , January 2007, pp. 16–19, ISSN 0926-4213 ( PDF , 8.9 MB)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Delivery of Damen Fast Ferry 4108 'Bornholm-Express' ( Memento from September 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Damen Shipyards Group.
- ↑ 40m Fast Passenger Ferry , WaveMaster International. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ↑ WaveMaster International 40m monohull ordered by Danish operator. In: Classic Fast Ferries , No. 3, July 2004, pp. 2–3 (PDF, 4.2 MB). Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ↑ Michael Lykke Andersen: Kontrakt underskrevet , TV 2 / Bornholm, May 27, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ↑ Dorte Kofoed: Christiansøfartens ejere kan kaste en hvid pind efter deres nye færge to 30 million kroner. Det australske could go bankrupt. , TV 2 / Bornholm, November 23, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ↑ Fast Ferry Ordered for Denmark , MarineLink, May 9, 2005. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ Søren L. Hviid: Bornholm Express på vej mod Frankrig , Søfart, April 25, 2014. Accessed November 28, 2018.
- ^ Company , Manche îles Express. Retrieved November 28, 2018.