Raptor class
.jpg) Red Eagle
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The Raptor-class is a class of double-ended ferries operated by the British shipping company Red Funnel . The ships connect Southampton to Cowes on the Isle of Wight .
description
The design of the ferries came from the shipbuilding office Burness Corlett & Partners. The ships were built at Ferguson Shipbuilders' yard in Port Glasgow in Scotland . They replaced ferries built in the 1960s and 1970s: the Cowes Castle built in 1965 , the Norris Castle built in 1968 and the Netley Castle built in 1974 .
The ships were originally built with two car decks and the superstructures above with the passenger decks and the bridge . The Red Falcon and the Red Osprey were measured with 2881 GT, the Red Eagle with 3.028 GT. The vehicle capacity was 140 cars. The three ships were rebuilt in 2003 ( Red Osprey ), 2004 ( Red Falcon ) and 2005 ( Red Eagle ) at the Gdańska Stocznia “Remontowa” shipyard in Danzig . The originally 83.6 meter long ships were extended with a 9.6 meter long section. In addition, another car deck was installed above the existing car deck, increasing the capacity by 80 cars to 220 cars. For this purpose, the passenger deck with the bridge attached to it was raised. After the conversion, the Red Falcon and the Red Osprey are measured with 4,128 GT, the Red Eagle with 4,075 GT. The carrying capacity of the ships differs slightly.
During the renovation, the ferry that was in the shipyard was replaced by the 1976 built and much smaller Bergen Castle , which Red Funnel had bought for this purpose in Norway.
The passenger area of all three ships was modernized and partially rebuilt in the 2010s - the Red Falcon 2014, the Red Osprey 2015 and the Red Eagle 2018. In addition to other modernizations, the number of seats was increased. For this purpose u. a. two lounges installed above the existing passenger deck. The steel work was carried out on land and the prepared lounges were lifted onto the deck with cranes.
The two continuous car decks can each be reached via ramps on the land side. The car deck on the main deck, on which trucks and buses can also be transported, has five lanes. Four of the lanes are 80.4 meters long, the fifth is 66.2 meters long. The lanes are each 2.5 meters wide. The usable height is 4.9 meters. The maximum axle load on the main deck is 12 t. The ramp through which the deck can be reached is 7.8 meters wide. There is a mezzanine deck above the car deck that can be lowered hydraulically. This reduces the usable height on the main deck to 2.7 meters. The mezzanine deck is divided; both parts can be used independently of one another as required. The deck provides four lanes, each 43.5 meters long and 2.5 meters wide. The usable height is 2.0 meters.
The upper, continuous car deck has five lanes. Four of the lanes are between 78 and 88.7 meters long, the fifth lane is divided for structural reasons and provides a further 35 and 15.8 meters. The lanes are 2.5 meters wide and the usable height is 2.0 meters. The upper car deck can also be reached via landside ramps that were built with the conversion of the first of the three ferries at the ferry terminals in Southampton and Cowes.
There is side access for passengers at the level of the lower passenger deck.
The vessels are of two eight-cylinder - diesel engines of Stork-Wärtsilä (model: FHD 240) each with 1,360 kW power driven. The motors each act on a Voith-Schneider propeller . The propellers are attached amidships at both ends of the ships. They can be controlled synchronously or individually. The service speed of the ships is around 12 kn . Three diesel generators are available for generating electricity on board.
Ships
| Raptor class | ||||
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| Building name | Build number | IMO number | Launched delivery |
Later names and whereabouts |
| Red Falcon | 606 | 9064047 | October 1993 February 1994 |
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| Red Osprey | 607 | 9064059 | April 1994 September 1994 |
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| Red Eagle | 611 | 9117337 | November 1995 April 1996 |
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The ships sail under the flag of the United Kingdom . Home port is Southampton.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Vessel Factsheets ( Memento from May 4, 2003 in the Internet Archive ), Red Funnel.
- ↑ Red Osprey / Red Falcon / Red Eagle , Burness Corlett Three Quays (BCTQ). Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Island ferry gains more accommodation , The Motorship, Aug. 4, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Passenger Vessel Archive , History & Vessel Archive, Red Funnel. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ A b Red Falcon , Scottish Built Ships - The History of Shipbuilding in Scotland. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ A b Red Osprey , Scottish Built Ships - The History of Shipbuilding in Scotland. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ A b Red Eagle , Scottish Built Ships - The History of Shipbuilding in Scotland. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ MV Red Osprey Specification , Red Funnel. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ MV Red Falcon Specification , Red Funnel. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ MV Red Eagle Specification , Red Funnel. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Company Timeline , Company & Vessel Archive, Red Funnel. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Encouraging Signs for Repair Sector in Europe , Maritime Journal, November 1, 2003. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Passenger Vessel Archive , Red Funnel. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Rebecca Gibson: Trimline and Wight Shipyard Co to refit Red Eagle , Cruise & Ferry.net, September 28, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Rebecca Moore: £ 3M refit of Red Funnel ropax is underway , Passenger Ship Technology, February 2, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Island ferry gains more accommodation , The Motorship, Aug. 4, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ a b How to load a ferry: a comparison of packing algorithms for the vehicle ferry industry , School of Mathematics, University of Southampton , October 2017 (PDF, 2.8 MB). Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Linkspan Lifts Red Funnel's Fortunes , Maritime Journal, May 21, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ New £ 7m fleet investment program , Red Funnel. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Report on the investigation of Red Falcon's contact with the linkspan at Town Quay, Southampton, 10 March 2006 , Report No. 26/2006, October 2006, Marine Accident Investigation Branch (PDF, 1.4 MB). Retrieved July 26, 2018.