Nils Holgersson (ship, 1975)

Nils Holgersson

The Nils Holgersson 1981 between Gedser and Travemünde on the Baltic Sea.

Ship data flag  Greece Cyprus Australia Germany       other ship names Abel Tasman (1985-1994) Pollux (1994-1995) Theofilos (1995-2020) Ship type RoRo - ferry Callsign SWJC home port Mytilene Shipping company NEL Lines Shipyard Nobiskrug , Rendsburg Build number 682 Launch October 26, 1974 takeover April 8, 1975 Whereabouts sold for demolition

Ship dimensions and crew length 149.4 m ( Lüa ) width 23.5 m Draft Max. 5.5 m measurement 19,212 GT / 7,922 NRZ

Machine system machine 2 × Pielstick diesel engine (16PC2-5V400) Machine performance 15,510 kW (21,088 hp) Top speed 21 kn (39 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 3,472 dw running track meters 810 m Permitted number of passengers 1660 (summer) 938 (winter) Berths for passengers 860 Vehicle capacity 433 cars

Others Classifications Russian Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. 7362108

The Nils Holgersson is a former RoPax - ferry , which for the TT-Line built and from 1975 to 1984 between Travemünde and Trelleborg was used. The ship was most recently in use for the Greek NEL Lines.

history

The Nils Holgersson 1977 in the Kiel Canal

The Nils Holgersson , named after the fairy tale " The Wonderful Adventures of Nils " by Selma Lagerlof , was at Nobiskrug in Rendsburg built and ran on 26 October 1974 by the stack . The TT-Linie took over the new building on April 8, 1975 and sent the ship on its maiden voyage to Leningrad , Gothenburg , Oslo and Malmö . Afterwards, the Nils Holgersson and her sister ship Peter Pan were used up to three times a day on the Travemünde – Trelleborg route. The ship also made cruises to Lisbon , Madeira , Casablanca , Tangier and the Canary Islands over Christmas and New Year until 1979 . In 1981 Nils Holgersson came to the ship pool founded by Saga Linjen and TT-Linie and received the TT-Saga-Line logo on the ship's sides, but continued to travel between Travemünde and Trelleborg.

In August 1984 the Nils Holgersson was sold to the TT-Line Company (shipping company of the Tasmanian government) in Devonport . Their use on the previous main line ended on September 18, 1984. Two days later, the new owner took over the ship and had it converted by the Rendsburg shipyard. Among other things, it received new cabins for the crew on the aft deck, as the previous accommodation under the loading deck was not permitted in Australian waters. When the work was completed on April 22, 1985, the ferry was renamed Abel Tasman . Due to a strike by the crew , the ship could not start the crossing to Australia as planned on April 23, but only on May 18, 1985 and was in Kiel during this time . On June 29, 1985 the Abel Tasman took the ferry between Melbourne and Devonport. In November 1985 she also ran from Melbourne to Hobart . In 1993 Transport Tasmania took over the Peter Pan from TT-Line, which replaced the Abel Tasman as Spirit of Tasmania . The Abel Tasman was last used between Melbourne and Devonport on November 29, 1993 and then lay in Devonport.

On April 29, 1994, the Greek company Ventouris took over the ferry and renamed it Pollux . On the same day, the ship , which is now registered in Limassol , began the ferry trip to Piraeus , which it reached on May 27th. In June 1994 Ventouris chartered the ferry as a hotel ship during an EU conference in Crete . From July 21, 1994 Pollux regularly operated the Igoumenitsa - Bari line .

The Theofilos 2012 in Heraklion

In May 1995, the NEL Lines bought the ship and named it after a Greek painter in Theofilos order. This was followed by a multi-year mission between Piraeus, Lesos , Chios and Thessaloniki . In the meantime, the ferry was on the move with large-scale advertising, which had to be removed again for the 2004 Olympics in Athens . On June 28, 2008, the Theofilos hit a reef with 572 people on board between Piraeus and Chios and hit a leak. The repair was only carried out in April 2009. Until then the ship was laid up in Salamina . In the following years the ferry was on the way between Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Limnos , Mytilini , Chios, Kavala and Samos . From January to April 2012 the Theofilos was in Drapetsona at the shipyard, where, among other things, the superstructure on the aft deck was removed again.

In January 2013 the ship was taken out of service and laid up, first in Piraeus , then in Drapetsona and finally in Elefsina. In 2019 it was sold for demolition in Aliağa.

technology

The ship is 148.88 m long and 23.5 m wide. Its maximum draft is 5.5 m. It was originally measured with 12,528  GRT and offered space for 1,800 passengers. With the renovation in 1985, the number of passengers was reduced to 850. The ship is now measured at 19,212  GT and has a carrying capacity of 3472 tdw. The passenger capacity was given by NEL Lines as 1660 in summer and 938 in winter. On the loading deck, 433 cars can be transported on a total of 810  lane meters .

The Nils Holgersson was powered by two diesel engines from SEMT Pielstick with an output of 7755 kW each. The ferry reached a speed of 21 knots.

Web links

Commons : IMO 7362108  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} M / S Nils Holgersson (1975). In: Facta om Fartyg. Retrieved April 23, 2014 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Nils Holgersson (III) - a globetrotter. (No longer available online.) In: TT-Line. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014 ; Retrieved April 23, 2014 . 
3. ^ Theofilos, Ex Abel Tasman going for scrap. Ferries of Tasmania, January 12, 2020, accessed January 18, 2020 . 
4. ^ Theofilos ( Memento from December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), NEL Lines.