Moby Corse

Moby Corse

The Moby Corse in front of Bastia, June 2012

Ship data flag  Italy other ship names Dana Anglia (1978–2002) Duke of Scandinavia (2002–2006) Pont L'Abbé (2006–2009) Ship type Ferry home port Livorno Owner Moby SpA Shipping company Moby Lines Shipyard Aalborg Værft , Aalborg Build number 210 Order May 25, 1975 Keel laying May 21, 1976 Launch June 21, 1977 takeover April 28, 1978 Commissioning May 13, 1978 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 152.91 m ( Lüa ) 136.50 m ( Lpp ) width 26.26 m Draft Max. 6.1 m measurement 19,593 GT   crew 120

Machine system machine 2 × Lindholmen-Pielstick 18 PC2-5 diesel engines Machine performance 17,222 kW (23,415 hp) Top speed 21 kn (39 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities running track meters 810 m Permitted number of passengers 1120 Vehicle capacity 470 cars

Others Classifications Registro Italiano Navale Registration numbers IMO no. 7615414

The Moby Corse is a ferry of the Italian Moby Lines , which was commissioned in 1978 as Dana Anglia for the Danish Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS). The ship is currently used between Genoa and Bastia .

history

Dana Anglia

The Dana Anglia was commissioned in May 1975 and laid down on May 21, 1976 under hull number 210 in Aalborg Værft in Aalborg . After the takeover by DFDS on April 28, 1978, the ship was put into service on May 13, 1978 on the route from Esbjerg to Harwich .

In December 1982 Dana Anglia became the property of Esbjerg-based K / F Difko XXI, but was still used by DFDS. In January 1987 Sealink British Ferries chartered the ship and continued to use it on its old route. Between November 1988 and February 1989 it also operated the route between Oslo and Copenhagen . On December 29, 1989, Dana Anglia was again owned by DFDS.

In January 1993 the ship was modernized in the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft and continued to be used between Esbjerg and Harwich. From January 1999 it also used the port of IJmuiden .

Duke of Scandinavia

On October 2, 2002, the Dana Anglia in Copenhagen was officially renamed the Duke of Scandinavia and from there moved to Trelleborg and Danzig . On November 28, 2003, the ship switched to the route from Newcastle upon Tyne to IJmuiden.

Pont L'Abbé

In February, was Duke of Scandinavia to Brittany Ferries and was for a shipyard stay in Frederikshavn in March 2006 as Pont L'Abbé between Portsmouth and Cherbourg put into service before they retired on November 12, 2008 in Saint-Nazaire launched was.

Moby Corse

The Italian Moby Lines bought the ship in November 2009 and named it Moby Corse in December 2009 . It entered service on the route from Toulon to Bastia on May 20, 2010 , before being relocated to Genoa in 2013.

In September 2014 the Swedish offshore operator SweOffshore chartered the Moby Corse , for which it has been used as a residential ship since a renovation in Esbjerg. In 2015 the ship returned to liner service.

In 2017 the ship received new Wärtsilä diesel generators.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wärtsilä carries out fast and efficient repowering of Italian ferry Moby Zaza. Wärtsilä, January 15, 2017, accessed December 26, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : IMO 7615414  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
• the ship on ferry-site.dk (English)