Romilda (ship, 1974)

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Romilda
The Romilda in the port of Syros, May 2002
The Romilda in the port of Syros, May 2002
Ship data
flag GreeceGreece Greece
other ship names

Free Enterprise VIII (1974–1987)
Pride of Canterbury (1987–1993)

Ship type ferry
home port Piraeus
Shipping company GA Ferries
Shipyard Verolme Scheepswerf , Alblasserdam
Build number 862
Launch April 6, 1974
takeover July 1974
Commissioning July 18, 1974
Decommissioning March 8, 2009
Whereabouts Scrapped in Turkey in 2011
Ship dimensions and crew
length
123.6 m ( Lüa )
width 19.45 m
Draft Max. 4.39 m
measurement 5,170 GT
Machine system
machine Werkspoor 8TM 410 diesel engines
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		9,710 kW (13,202 hp)
Top
speed 		19 kn (35 km / h)
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 1199
Vehicle capacity 350 cars
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 7368499

The Romilda was a ferry of the Greek GA Ferries , which entered service in 1974 as the Free Enterprise VIII for the British shipping company Townsend Thoresen . The ship stayed in service until 2009 and was scrapped in Turkey in 2011 .

history

The Free Enterprise VIII was built under construction number 862 on the Verolme Scheepswerf in Alblasserdam and launched on April 6, 1974. After the takeover by Townsend Thoresen, the ship was put into service on July 18, 1974 on the route from Dover to Zeebrugge and from Dover to Calais .

After the dissolution of Townsend Thoresen, the Free Enterprise VIII went to P&O European Ferries in December 1987 , after it had previously been renamed Pride of Canterbury in October . The route from Dover to Boulogne-sur-Mer became a new area of ​​operation before the ship was launched in Tilbury in January 1993 .

The new owner in March 1993 was the Greek shipping company GA Ferries, who renamed it Romilda . From April 1993 the ship was used from the home port of Piraeus to the Greek islands. The Romilda stayed in service for almost sixteen years for GA Ferries before it was launched on March 8, 2009 due to financial difficulties of the shipping company in Piraeus.

In August 2011 the ship was sold to Turkey for scrapping. On September 5, 2011, the Romilda arrived at the Aliağa scrapping yard , where it was dismantled in the following months.

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