The MV Eurovoyager was a freight and passenger ferry which was operated by Transeuropa Ferries.
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | Hawthorn Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Operator | Transeuropa Ferries |
| Port of registry | Lome,  Togo |
| Builder | Belliard Hoboken, Belgium |
| Yard number | 887 |
| Launched | 14 September 1977 |
| Completed | 1978 |
| Maiden voyage | 1978 |
| In service | 1978 |
| Out of service | 2012 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 12,110 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 118.4 m (388.5 ft) |
| Beam | 23.32 m (76.5 ft) |
| Draught | 5.05 m (16.6 ft) |
| Installed power | Two Pielstick 18PC2V400 |
| Speed | 21 kn (38.9 km/h) |
History edit
The Eurovoyager was launched by Belliard Hoboken as the Prins Albert in 1978 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport Belgie on their Ostend to Dover route.[1] In 1994 she was transferred to the Ostend Ramsgate route.[2] In 1998 she was bought by Denval Marine Consultants and renamed Eurovoyager.[3] She was chartered to Sally Line in the same year, but was only used for a few months as in November of the same year she was transferred to Transeuropa Ferries for use on their Ostend Ramsgate route.[4] In July 2009, a Marine Accident Investigation Branch report revealed that Eurovoyager had regularly been operated with her watertight doors open, in breach of maritime regulations.[5] She was scrapped on 27 April 2012 under the name Voyager.
Sister ships edit
- M/F Primrose - originally Princesse Marie Christine, 1975.
- M/F Al Arabia - originally Princesse Maria-Esmeralda, 1975
References edit
- ^ "Eurovoyager". Seaimages. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ Dinez, Stephanie (30 December 1999). "Eurovoyager in Ramsgate". Ferries. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ Koefoed-Hansen, Michael. "M/F Eurovoyager". The Ferry Site. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ Louagie, Mike. "Eurovoyager (1998-2012)". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ "Report on the investigation of the entrapment of an engine room fitter in a watertight door on board the ro-ro passenger ship Eurovoyager approaching Ramsgate, UK" (PDF). Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Open Government Licence v3.0. Crown Copyright. 3 November 2008. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
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