Peter Pan (ship, 1974)
 As Fedra in the port of Ancona in 1992
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The Peter Pan was a ferry of his time in Hamburg -based shipping company TT-Line (later TT Saga Line) and from 1974 to 1986 as the second ship named this fictional character is in the TT-Line in the service, so they for internal differentiation also known as Peter Pan (II) .
history
Peter Pan (1974–1986)
A few years after the shipping company, which was still based in Hamburg at the time, started ferry traffic between Travemünde and Trelleborg in southern Sweden, it became clear that the ferries used up to that point were no longer able to cope with the sharp rise in demand. So the TT-Linie decided in December 1972 to order a new ferry from the Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg . The river bank opposite the shipyard had to be dredged especially for this new building, which was the largest to date. The launch took place in the shell without superstructures. The godmother of Peter Pan was the then twelve-year-old Julie Francis, a patient of the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London - the children's hospital to which the author Peter Pans, James Matthew Barrie , granted all the exploitation rights to his novel.
The Peter Pan was 149 m long, 12,600 GRT in size and was initially able to accommodate 1,600 passengers, 710 of them in cabins, the rest was intended for the deck passage, with cabin compulsory on night crossings. The car deck contained 470 cars or 45 trucks, whereby the cars could be accommodated on two levels in divisible suspended deck sections.
In the first years of operation, the Peter Pan and the almost identical sister ship Nils Holgersson, which was delivered in 1975, with almost 12,600 GRT, were among the world's largest ferries; Usually such ferries from this construction period only had about two thirds of the capacity, as was the case with Nils Dacke , who was used by the later cooperation partner Saga Linjen in 1975 . Even that was Peter Pan exceptionally comfortable for a ferry first time in the area where all enjoy cabins (even in the lower steerage ) with private shower and toilet, common were currently community washrooms, for cabins on deck. The on-board catering with several restaurants was housed on a dedicated deck, the restaurant deck.
Even back then, the shipping company didn't just want to rely on simple ferry transport, but also wanted to attract additional passengers for mini-cruises in the ship tourism. The brochures of the time therefore advertised a large number of such day tours on the main route with extensive on-board entertainment. The shipping company also advertised its new ship for conferences, meetings and celebrations in the event area. For this purpose, conference rooms could be separated between the large Hansa restaurant and the bar by means of folding walls. The open swimming pool on the sun deck was also exceptional. Especially recently was thought to have the Peter Pan use in the off-season as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. A second pool was located below the car deck in the upper intermediate deck next to a sauna, solariums, fitness rooms and a disco. Until the beginning of the 1980s, the TT line - mainly in the Baltic Sea - offered real cruises in addition to regular services. The car deck that was not required for this could be used as a leisure deck for sports activities.
In 1981 the TT-Line and the Swedish Saga-Linjen merged to form the TT-Saga-Line. Accordingly, the paintwork on the shared pool partner ships was changed to the new logo. In the meantime, the first trailer ferries were used due to the increased freight volume. The previous timetable connections to Malmö and Helsingborg were given up two years later and in September 1984 the sister ship Nils Holgersson (III) was sold to Tasmania , so that the TT-Saga-Line with the Peter Pan only has one passenger ship in addition to the combined ferries was standing. The period of almost three years was bridged with various charter ships. So the former TT Saga ferry Gustav Vasa was used again , which was then chartered back to TT as Norröna for several months by the Faroese shipping company Smyril Line and still operates today as the mission ship Logos Hope .
Robin Hood (1986-1987)
In January 1986 the Peter Pan was renamed Robin Hood in order to free the baptismal name for its successor Peter Pan (III, today: Princess Seaways ), built at SSW in 1986 . In the same year the TT-Saga-Line changed to today's TT-Line. Thus, the ship received the current paint with the yellow-blue logo.
Fedra (1987-2004)
With the delivery of the second “jumbo ferry”, the Nils Holgersson (IV) , in March 1987, the ship was sold to the Greek Minoan Lines and renamed Fedra . It was used in the Adriatic with multiple changing destinations between Italy and Greece .
In the winter of 1992/93 the TT-Line chartered the ship back for a short time in order to close the operational gap between the very short-term sold Nils Holgersson (IV) and the upcoming newbuildings. Due to safety concerns from the Swedish Maritime Professional Association, the deployment was delayed for several days. In April 1993 the TT-Line returned the ship to the Aegean Sea . This was also where she worked together with her sister ship, the former Nils Holgersson (III) , who was still working as Theofilos for the NEL Lines until 2013.
Guido (2004)
In November 2004 the Fedra was sold to El Salam Maritime in Egypt and registered as Guido under the Panama flag .
Ouzoud (2004-2010)
When the ship went into charter with Comanav again in December 2004, it was renamed Ouzoud (named after the Moroccan Ouzoud waterfalls of the same name ). Further missions in the Mediterranean area followed, at times the ship was chartered to Hellas-Ferries and Cotunav and was in use between Genoa and Tangier .
Winner 8 (2010)
In January 2010, the ship was sold to an Indian scraper for $ 330,000. For the last voyage, the ship was renamed Winner 8 and the flag of the Caribbean island state St. Kitts and Nevis was changed , and the home port was Basseterre . On April 15, 2010 the ship reached Bhavangar , on April 16, 2010 the ship reached the scrapping yards near Alang and was beached three days later. A few days later she was followed by Nils Dacke from 1975, also employed by TT-Saga-Line .
Literature / sources
- Matthias Heins: Peter Pan (II) in Ferries 02/2010 , accessed on September 9, 2014.
- Peter Pan II: Ship history of our fleet on the Baltic Sea (TT-Line)
- Facta om Fartyg (Swedish). Retrieved September 9, 2014
- hhvferry.com: Deck and cabin plan Peter Pan / Nils Holgersson from 1984
See also
- Peter Pan (ship, 2001) (currently in use)
- Huckleberry Finn (ship) (ex Peter Pan IV, 1994-2001)
- Princess Seaways (ex Peter Pan III, 1986-1994)
- Peter Pan (ship, 1965)
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMO 7362110