Mytilene (ship)

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Mytilene
The Mytilene in the port of Piraeus, July 2011
The Mytilene in the port of Piraeus, July 2011
Ship data
flag GreeceGreece Greece
other ship names

Vega (1973-1990)

Ship type Ferry
Callsign SYMK
home port Piraeus
Owner Maritime Company of Lesvos SA
Shipping company NEL Lines
Shipyard Naikai Shipbuilding & Engineering , Setoda
Build number 379
Launch August 31, 1973
takeover 1973
Decommissioning 5th February 2015
Whereabouts hung up
Ship dimensions and crew
length
136.73 m ( Lüa )
width 22.41 m
Draft Max. 5.56 m
measurement 9,124 GT
Machine system
machine 2 × Pielstick-Nippon 16P2-5V diesel engines
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		14,121 kW (19,199 hp)
Top
speed 		21.5 kn (40 km / h)
Transport capacities
running track meters 585 m
Permitted number of passengers 1,735
Vehicle capacity 260 cars
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 7332672

The Mytilene is a ferry of the Greek NEL Lines that entered service as Vega in 1973 . The ship last used off the coast of Greece has been in the port of Karlovasi since an engine failure in February 2015 .

history

The Vega was built under the construction number 379 at Naikai Zōsen in Setoda ( incorporated in Onomichi since 2006 ) and launched on August 31, 1973. In the same year, the ship was delivered to the Shin Higashi Nihon Ferry shipping company and from then on used off the coast of Japan .

In October 1990 the Vega became the property of the Greek Maritime Company of Lesvos SA, which renamed it Mytilene and had it rebuilt in Perama in 1991 . The tonnage of the ship increased from 6,702 to 9,124 GRT , the passenger capacity from 847 to 1,735 people.

In 1992 the Mytilene was put into service by NEL Lines on the route from Piraeus via Chios to Lesvos and Thessaloniki , where it was to spend the next 23 years of service. After an engine failure on February 4, 2015, the ship was decommissioned on February 5 and laid up in Karlovasi .

The sister ship of the Mytilene was the Rodanthi , which was commissioned as Virgo in 1974 and was scrapped in Turkey in 2012 .

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