Povl anchor (ship)

Povl anchor

2017 before Sassnitz, still in the colors of BornholmerFærgen

Ship data flag  Denmark Ship type RoPax - Ferry Callsign OYRA2 home port Rønne Owner Molslinjen Shipyard Aalborg Værft Build number 221 Launch April 14, 1978 takeover 17th December 1978 Commissioning 17th December 1978

Ship dimensions and crew length 121.10 m ( Lüa ) 113.28 m ( Lpp ) width 24.50 m Draft Max. 5.25 m measurement 12,358 GT, 4,376 NRZ

Machine system machine 4 Burmeister & Wain / Alpha 16U28LU-VO diesel engines Machine performance 12,472 PS (9,173 kW) Top speed 20 kn (37 km / h) propeller 2

Transport capacities running track meters 515 m Permitted number of passengers 1,500 Berths for passengers 336 Vehicle capacity 262 cars

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas Registration numbers IMO 7633143

The Povl Anker is a RoPax - ferry of the shipping company Bornholmslinjen that the port of Ronne on Bornholm alternately with the ports of Ystad , Køge and Sassnitz connects. The ship is named after Povl Hansen Anker , a Bornholm freedom fighter from 1658.

history

In November 1976 Bornholmstrafikken commissioned two identical ferries from Aalborg Værft A / S. As the first ship, the Povl Anker was put into service on December 17, 1978 and then used on the routes Copenhagen ↔ Rønne ↔ Ystad. The sister ship , the Jens Kofoed , operated on the same routes from 1979 to 2005.

In the years 2000/2001 the ship was rebuilt, u. a. on the Gdańska Stocznia "Remontowa" in Danzig , and from November 29, 2001 again on the routes Copenhagen ↔ Rønne ↔ Ystad. The Copenhagen station was replaced on October 1, 2004 by the more convenient ferry port of Køge.

With the commissioning of the new RoPax ferries Hammerodde and Dueodde , from May 1, 2005 the Povl anchor was only used as a replacement ferry and at peak times to Bornholm. After the early sale of the unpopular Dueodde , however, the Povl Anker has been running to Bornholm again on schedule since October 10, 2010.

After BornholmerFærgen lost the new tendering of the transport contract for the ferry connections to Bornholm to Molslinjen in 2017 , the Povl anchor was registered for Molslinjen in April 2017 and was chartered back by BornholmerFærgen until the end of the current contract. The ship has been sailing for Bornholmslinjen, a subsidiary of Molslinjen, since September 1, 2018. The Povl anchor is to be modernized in 2019 and 2020.

Furnishing

• Deck 3: Lower vehicle deck for trucks , buses and tall vehicles
• Deck 4: Upper vehicle deck for passenger cars and other flat vehicles
• Deck 5: cabin deck with cabins and information
• Deck 6: Saloon deck with on-board restaurant, bistro , supermarket and arcade with seats
• Deck 7: boat deck with front and aft saloon and luxury cabins
• Deck 8: Bridge deck bridge and salon with combined berths

Incidents

On December 25, 1989, the Povl anchor collided with the lighthouse Blenheim Fyr south of Falsterbo on the voyage from Rønne to Copenhagen . The ship was then repaired at a shipyard in Landskrona .

Also on the voyage from Rønne to Copenhagen, the ferry collided with the freighter Cesis on January 16, 1997 . The major damage in the bow area was repaired on Frederica Værft.

Web links

Commons : Povl anchor  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the shipping company
• Data and pictures at ferry-site.dk (English)
• Facts and figures at the Danish Ship Register (Danish)
• M / S Povl Anchor (1978)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bornholm Forum from September 9, 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 29, 2011) 
2. ↑ Photo after collision with Blenheim Fyr