Intercity ferries
 Models by Dronning Ingrid and Prins Joachim
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As intercity ferries ( Danish Intercityfærger ) are Danish rail ferry Dronning Ingrid , Prins Joachim and Kronprins Frederik referred that from 1980 to 1997 on the line Korsør - Nyborg in the Great Belt were in use.
General
The Danish State Railways announced in 1978 the construction of three equal rail ferries with a total value of approximately 500 million Danish kroner in order. One ferry was built at Helsingør Skibsværft and two ferries at Nakskov Skibsværft. From 1980 to 1997 they were in use on the Korsør – Nyborg line, which was the most important rail link between the main Danish islands. After this ferry line was closed due to the opening of the railway tunnel under the Great Belt , two ferries were used on the Rostock – Gedser line, one ferry has served as a hospital ship ever since.
Characteristic of the ships in this series is the deckhouse protruding from the bow over the hull . In contrast to the ferries of the Königslinie , they do not have a separate deck for motor vehicles and are equipped with bow and stern doors. There is a control stand at the stern and a bow rudder for reversing. At Prins Joachim and Kronprins Frederik , two bow thrusters were retrofitted.
In Warnemünde, the Prins Joachim and Kronprins Frederik ferries were very popular with surfers because of their strong waves. The reason for this is the design of the hull without a bulge , which was common at the time of construction .
The ships
Dronning Ingrid
The first ship of the series, the Dronning Ingrid , was laid at the Helsingør Skibsværft on August 28, 1978 with the shipyard number 418; it was launched on August 8, 1979. It was named after the Danish Queen Ingrid . On July 21, 1980, the ferry was handed over to the DSB and from August 1980 was used on the Korsør - Nyborg route. From 1997, she joined the newly formed shipping company Scandlines A / S . After the construction of the tunnel through the Great Belt was in Korsør and Nakskov from 1 June 1997 launched . In March 1999 the ship was sold to Royal Mercy Valletta Ltd. sold and initially renamed Ingrid . The ship was then converted into a hospital ship at the A&P shipyard in Newcastle , where the ship was renamed Africa Mercy in April 2000 . The renovation, which was completed in March 2007, cost around 45 million euros. Since then she has been sailing under the Maltese flag with her home port Valletta.
After the conversion, the ship is measured at 16,572 GT / 4,971 NRZ and has a deadweight of 4,150 tons. Railroad tracks and car decks were removed during the renovation.
Since the conversion, the ship has been powered by four of the six engines and has eight decks.
Prins Joachim
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The Prins Joachim (IMO 7803190) was laid down on August 22, 1979 at Nakskov Skibsværft A / S, Nakskov with shipyard number 223. The launch was on January 25, 1980. The ferry was christened on July 2, 1980 in the name of Joachim zu Denmark . DSB took over the ship on October 10, 1980 and also used it on the Korsør – Nyborg route. From 1997, Prins Joachim also belonged to Scandlines A / S and went out of service at the end of May 1997.
Until November 2000 it was on in Nakskov. After a renovation, it was used on the Scandlines Rostock - Gedser line from March 29, 2001 . From 2012 to 2016 she sailed under the German flag with her home port Rostock before she was sold and renamed Prince (flag: Cyprus). At the end of December 2016 it was sold again and renamed Morocco Star . After a further renovation in Greece and Malta, it has been in use for Africa Morocco Link under the Moroccan flag since the end of March 2017 .
Crown Prince Frederik
As the third ship in the series, the Kronprins Frederik (IMO 7803205) was laid on November 21, 1979 in Nakskov and launched on July 2, 1980. DSB took over the ferry on April 2, 1981 and used it on the same line as its sister ships. From 1998 to 2017 it was used on the Scandlines Rostock – Gedser line. After a renovation in Swinoujscie, since the end of March 2017 it has served under the German flag with its home port of Rostock as a freight ferry for the Vogelfluglinie Puttgarden – Rødby and as a reserve ferry for the Rostock – Gedser route.
literature
- Horst-Dieter Förster, Reinhard Kramer: Building bridges across the Baltic Sea - the Rostock – Gedser ferry connection , Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2003, ISBN 3-934116-28-0
Web links
- DRONNING INGRID on Fakta om Fartyg (Swedish)
- PRINS JOACHIM on Fakta om Fartyg (Swedish)
- KRONPRINS FREDERIK on Fakta om Fartyg (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ^ The waves of Warnemünde, Zeit Online, May 9, 2015
- ↑ a b M / S Africa Mercy. In service since 2007. In: mercyships.de. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .