Crown Prince Frederik

**Crown Prince Frederik**
	The Crown Prince Frederik in Warnemünde
Ship data
flag	Denmark Germany;
Ship type	Railway ferry
class	Intercity ferries
home port	Korsør ; Rostock
Owner	Danish State Railways , Scandlines
Shipyard	Nakskov Skibsværft A / S
Launch	1980
Commissioning	1981
Ship dimensions and crew
length	152.00 m ( Lüa )
width	23.70 m
Draft	Max. 6.02 m
measurement	10616 BRT / 5088 NRT
crew	18th
Machine system
machine	6 × 16-cylinder four-stroke V-diesel engines, Burmeister & Wain / Alpha Diesel, type 16U28LU
Machine ; performance	18,682 kW (25,400 hp)
Top ; speed	19 kn (35 km / h)
propeller	2
Machine system from 2004
machine	4 × MaK 8M32C, 2 × MaK 6M32C
Machine ; performance	22,000 kW (29,912 hp)
Top ; speed	21 kn (39 km / h)
Energy ; supply	2 × MECC-Alte shaft generators ; 1 × MaK-6M20 + AEM generator ; 3 × Frichs diesel + NEBB generator
propeller	2 × controllable pitch propellers
Transport capacities
Load capacity	5139 dw
Permitted number of passengers	1400
Vehicle capacities
Tracks	4th
Railway wagons	60 freight cars
Track length	495 m
Others
Registration ; numbers	IMO 7803205

The Kronprins Frederik is a ferry of the Scandlines shipping company .

history

The Kronprins Frederik was laid down on November 21, 1979 as the third ship of the intercity ferries in Nakskov and launched on July 2, 1980. It bears the name of Frederik of Denmark , the first son of Queen Margrethe II. Danish State Railways (DSB) took the ferry on April 2, 1981, put it like her sister ships Dronning Ingrid and Prins Joachim on the line Korsør - Nyborg in Great Belt a. The home port was Korsør. After this line was closed at the end of May 1997, it was in Korsør and Nakskov.

In November 1997, the conversion to a car and passenger ferry began at their shipyard. From March 26, 1998 it was used on the Scandlines Rostock – Gedser line. On October 11, 1998, she ran aground near Gedser and was towed free after eight hours. On May 4, 1999, a 29-year-old Danish woman fell overboard in the port of Rostock. The search was unsuccessful.

In 2004 the ship received a new main engine at Blohm + Voss in Hamburg.

Their regular use on the Rostock – Gedser route ended in February 2017. After the tailgate was converted in Świnoujście, 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, but also as a reserve ferry for the Rostock – Gedser route.