![]() Bari as Isla de Botafoc
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History | |
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Name |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
Limassol, ![]() |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 1715 |
Launched | 5 December 1979 [2] |
Christened | 4 December 1979 [2] |
Completed | 1980 |
Maiden voyage | 27 October 1980 [3] |
In service | 1980 |
Out of service | 2021 |
Identification | IMO number: 7813937 [1] |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 12,705 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 129.65 m (425.4 ft) [1] |
Beam | 21.62 m (70.9 ft) [1] |
Draught | 4.84 m (15.9 ft) [1] |
Propulsion | 2xPielstick 16PC2 [1] |
Speed | 18 kn (33.3 km/h) [1] |
Capacity | 1,125 passengers [1] |
The MS Bari was a ferry built in 1980 as the St Anselm [4] for Sealink. Starting life on the Dover- Calais, she operated with Ventouris Ferries in her last routes in the Mediterranean.
MS Bari started life as the St Anselm, order by and for Sealink services in the English Channel. [3] She was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast [3] on 5 December 1979 and completed her maiden voyage on 27 October 1980. [3]
After two years in service, on 31 December 1982, [3] the St Anselm returned to Belfast for a £750,000 extension to her aft decks. [3] This extension provided an enlarged duty-free shopping area and additional accommodation, increasing her tonnage by 402 GT to 7,405 GT and her passenger capacity to 1,400. [3] On 28 March 1983 during her trip back to Dover through the Irish Sea, the St Anselm was temporarily brought into service on the Fishguard- Rosslare route following the failure of Stena Normandica's engines. [3]
In 1990, the St Anselm was displaced from the Dover- Calais route by Sealink's acquisition of the Fantasia, the St Anselm instead took up a service operating between Folkestone and Boulogne. [3] Not long after this transition, Sealink was acquired by Stena Line, in 1991 the St Anselm was transferred to Holyhead, [3] being renamed the Stena Cambria as a refit relief during February and March, [3] briefly returning to Dover before resuming service in the Irish Sea in July that same year. [3]
In July 1995, SNAT announced they would be terminating the pooling agreement that had been in place with Stena Sealink Line, which as a result, dropped the "Sealink" name, becoming just Stena Line. As a result of the loss of the two French vessels, Stena Line transferred the Stena Cambria and the Stena Empereur back to the Dover- Calais route for the 1996 season. [5] In March 1997 she provided refit relief in Stranraer and on 3 May 1997 became the last conventional ferry to sail out of Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead having provided overhaul relief for the Stena Explorer. [3] In March 1998 she transferred to the Newhaven- Dieppe route under the newly formed P&O Stena Line, staying there until the routes withdrawal in January 1999. [5]
Following the routes withdrawal in January 1999, the Stena Cambria was laid up in Zeebrugge awaiting sale, [5] eventually being purchased by UMAFISA, entering service for them between Barcelona and Ibiza that November [5] as the Isla de Botafoc. In August 2003, UMAFISA and the Isla de Botafoc were acquired by rivals, Balearia. [5] She continued services with Balearia to Ibiza and Menorca [5] until her eventual sale to Ventouris Ferries of Greece in 2010, briefly being renamed Winner 9 and then to the Bari. [1]
MS Bari has three sister ships;
![]() Bari as Isla de Botafoc
| |
History | |
---|---|
Name |
|
Operator |
|
Port of registry |
Limassol, ![]() |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 1715 |
Launched | 5 December 1979 [2] |
Christened | 4 December 1979 [2] |
Completed | 1980 |
Maiden voyage | 27 October 1980 [3] |
In service | 1980 |
Out of service | 2021 |
Identification | IMO number: 7813937 [1] |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 12,705 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 129.65 m (425.4 ft) [1] |
Beam | 21.62 m (70.9 ft) [1] |
Draught | 4.84 m (15.9 ft) [1] |
Propulsion | 2xPielstick 16PC2 [1] |
Speed | 18 kn (33.3 km/h) [1] |
Capacity | 1,125 passengers [1] |
The MS Bari was a ferry built in 1980 as the St Anselm [4] for Sealink. Starting life on the Dover- Calais, she operated with Ventouris Ferries in her last routes in the Mediterranean.
MS Bari started life as the St Anselm, order by and for Sealink services in the English Channel. [3] She was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast [3] on 5 December 1979 and completed her maiden voyage on 27 October 1980. [3]
After two years in service, on 31 December 1982, [3] the St Anselm returned to Belfast for a £750,000 extension to her aft decks. [3] This extension provided an enlarged duty-free shopping area and additional accommodation, increasing her tonnage by 402 GT to 7,405 GT and her passenger capacity to 1,400. [3] On 28 March 1983 during her trip back to Dover through the Irish Sea, the St Anselm was temporarily brought into service on the Fishguard- Rosslare route following the failure of Stena Normandica's engines. [3]
In 1990, the St Anselm was displaced from the Dover- Calais route by Sealink's acquisition of the Fantasia, the St Anselm instead took up a service operating between Folkestone and Boulogne. [3] Not long after this transition, Sealink was acquired by Stena Line, in 1991 the St Anselm was transferred to Holyhead, [3] being renamed the Stena Cambria as a refit relief during February and March, [3] briefly returning to Dover before resuming service in the Irish Sea in July that same year. [3]
In July 1995, SNAT announced they would be terminating the pooling agreement that had been in place with Stena Sealink Line, which as a result, dropped the "Sealink" name, becoming just Stena Line. As a result of the loss of the two French vessels, Stena Line transferred the Stena Cambria and the Stena Empereur back to the Dover- Calais route for the 1996 season. [5] In March 1997 she provided refit relief in Stranraer and on 3 May 1997 became the last conventional ferry to sail out of Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead having provided overhaul relief for the Stena Explorer. [3] In March 1998 she transferred to the Newhaven- Dieppe route under the newly formed P&O Stena Line, staying there until the routes withdrawal in January 1999. [5]
Following the routes withdrawal in January 1999, the Stena Cambria was laid up in Zeebrugge awaiting sale, [5] eventually being purchased by UMAFISA, entering service for them between Barcelona and Ibiza that November [5] as the Isla de Botafoc. In August 2003, UMAFISA and the Isla de Botafoc were acquired by rivals, Balearia. [5] She continued services with Balearia to Ibiza and Menorca [5] until her eventual sale to Ventouris Ferries of Greece in 2010, briefly being renamed Winner 9 and then to the Bari. [1]
MS Bari has three sister ships;