Kopernik (ship, 1977)
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The Kopernik is a car and railway ferry that originally ran under the name Rostock for the Deutsche Reichsbahn on the royal line between Sassnitz and Trelleborg .
history
Rostock
The Norwegian shipyard Bergens Mekaniske Værksteder, Bergen , built what was then the largest combined freight ferry on behalf of the GDR's foreign trade company Schiffskommerz . After a few adjustments in July 1977, it began operating on the King's Line for the Deutsche Reichsbahn on July 25, 1977 . Until 1994 she commuted between Sassnitz and Trelleborg.
From 1993 it belonged to the Deutsche Fährgesellschaft Ostsee and was converted in the same year by Neptun Industries in Rostock and at Bremerhaven's Lloyd shipyard . A side ramp was built on the starboard side for loading the main deck and the passenger capacity was increased to 400 people.
From 1994 to 1998 it was used on the newly created Rostock – Trelleborg ferry route . In the summer of 1998 she was briefly on duty between Sassnitz and Rønne . From 1999 she belonged to Scandlines .
Star wind
In 1999 she was sold to Seawind Line , Stockholm , and renamed Star Wind . The stern ramp was rebuilt, after which it was used on the Stockholm – Turku route . From 2002 to 2005 she drove on the Helsinki - Tallinn route , then again briefly between Stockholm and Turku.
Vironia
In October 2005 she was sold to Euro Shipping , Estonia . The new name was Vironia , the home port was Tallinn. From March 2006 to October 2007 she drove between Sillamäe and Kotka , then briefly between Paldiski and Kapellskär .
Copernic
In November 2007 the ship was sold to Euroafrica Shipping in Poland and renamed Kopernik . After a renovation in Szczecin , it was in use for Unity Line between the Polish city of Swinoujscie and the Swedish city of Ystad from April 2008 to February 27, 2019 .
Pern and Smyrna
From February 16, 2019, the ship was destined for demolition. On April 1, 2019, the ship was renamed Pern and on April 12, it was transferred to Mediterranean Ships Breaking, a company based in Monrovia. In July 2019, the Levante Ferries Maritime Company acquired the ship, renamed it Smyrna on July 1st and brought it under the Greek flag. The termination provision has been revoked.
Technical specifications
The ferry is 158.35 meters long and 22.63 meters wide. The draft is 5.72 meters, the attainable speed 20.5 knots . The ship has five tracks with a total length of 616 meters. 20 trucks can be transported on 1,275 loading meters. The railway vehicles drove in and out through a stern ramp, the road vehicles also via a ramp at the stern and on the starboard side.
The ship is propelled by two eight-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines and two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines, both from MAN Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg, with 17,500 hp, which act on two variable pitch propellers . The ship also has two bow thrusters and a bow rudder for reversing. Originally 36 passengers could be carried, after the conversion it will be up to 400.
Trivia
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In 1979, for the seventieth anniversary of the Saßnitz – Trelleborg railway ferry connection , the German Post of the GDR issued a special stamp in the form of an overprint with a decorative field in between. The left stamp adorns a picture of the ship (the right stamp shows the railway ferry Rügen ).
literature
- Reinhard Kramer, Wolfgang Kramer and Horst-Dieter Foerster: Between yesterday and tomorrow: the Sassnitz-Trelleborg ferry connection. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2009, ISBN 978-3-934116-82-5
Web links
- The Rostock at www.ffektaomfartyg.se (Swedish) accessed on February 1, 2014