Penelope in 2009.
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History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | Piraeus, Greece [1] |
Builder | Schichau-Unterweser, Bremerhaven, Germany [1] |
Yard number | 2256 [1] |
Launched | 20 December 1974 |
Maiden voyage | 1975 |
In service | 1975 [1] |
Out of service | 2013 |
Identification | IMO number: 7400261 [1] |
Fate | Scrapped 15 July 2013. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length |
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Beam | 20.27 m (66 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 5.81 m (19 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2 * Stork Werkspoor 9TM410RR |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Capacity |
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MS European Gateway was a roll-on roll-off ( RORO) car and passenger ferry built in 1975, originally owned and operated by Townsend Thoresen. On 19 December 1982, she capsized following a collision with Speedlink Vanguard off Harwich, settling on a sandbank. The ship had 34 passengers and 36 crew at the time. Six people were killed in the capsizing. [2] She was subsequently refloated [3] and repaired, and served the Greek Islands as Penelope, until 2013 when she was scrapped at the Aliaga breakyards (Turkey) [4]
The European Gateway has three sister ships:
Penelope in 2009.
| |
History | |
---|---|
Name |
|
Owner |
|
Operator |
|
Port of registry | Piraeus, Greece [1] |
Builder | Schichau-Unterweser, Bremerhaven, Germany [1] |
Yard number | 2256 [1] |
Launched | 20 December 1974 |
Maiden voyage | 1975 |
In service | 1975 [1] |
Out of service | 2013 |
Identification | IMO number: 7400261 [1] |
Fate | Scrapped 15 July 2013. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length |
|
Beam | 20.27 m (66 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 5.81 m (19 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2 * Stork Werkspoor 9TM410RR |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Capacity |
|
MS European Gateway was a roll-on roll-off ( RORO) car and passenger ferry built in 1975, originally owned and operated by Townsend Thoresen. On 19 December 1982, she capsized following a collision with Speedlink Vanguard off Harwich, settling on a sandbank. The ship had 34 passengers and 36 crew at the time. Six people were killed in the capsizing. [2] She was subsequently refloated [3] and repaired, and served the Greek Islands as Penelope, until 2013 when she was scrapped at the Aliaga breakyards (Turkey) [4]
The European Gateway has three sister ships: