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Ro/Ro Corriere Dell’Ovest
Page dedicated
to Albino Luciani (1913-1978), Patriarch
of Venice (1970-78), elected Pope John Paul I
(26/08/1978-28/09/1978)
Photo from Commis’s collection #6308
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Ship |
Corriere dell’Ovest (1975)
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Building Spec. |
Cantieri Navali Luigi Orlando, Leghorn, Italy, 1975 – N°
141 |
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Call Sign |
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IMO Number |
7351226 |
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GRT |
2.963 |
DWT |
3.425 |
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Dimensions |
119,29 x 17,52 x 5,16 |
Engines |
2
Fiat – GMT 3018SS, 6.620 kW |
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Speed |
18 knots (20 max) |
Passengers |
24 |
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Beds |
24 |
Cars |
0 |
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Lane Metres |
780 |
Sister Ships |
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Registry Port |
Venice |
Flag |
Italian |
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Former Names/Own. |
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New Names/Own. |
Freccia dell’Ovest – Atlantica
di Navigazione 1979-1993 Ravenna
Bridge – Ravenna Bridge Limited 1993-2000 Ravenna
– Halkydon Shipping 2000-09/2010 Scrapped
at Aliaga in September 2010 as “Ravenna” |
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This is the first
of a serie of four ro/ro ships built in the middle of 70’s by Orlando yards of
Leghorn; the ferries were built for the account of the yard itself, then bought
by the Italian Ministry of Economy for Adriatica (the first pair) and Lloyd
Triestino (the second pair). The first ferry of the serie took the name
“Corriere dell’Ovest”; the delivery cerimonial was officiated by the Patriarch
of Venice, Albino Luciani, to whom this page is dedicated. This could be a
surprising fact, for a friend who knows me, but I wanted to remember the
meeting between this ship and a great man of these times, which is shown with a
photo, a man which deserves to be remembered for his goodness, his
simplicity, his humility, continously shown
even wearing the white livery of the Pope. Being elected after Paul VI,
considered by many people as a great pope, and forerunner of another great
pope, John Paul II, I think that he could have been far greater than these two
popes, if her pontificate weren’t of only 33 days, ending the night between
28th and 29th September 1978, officially for an heart attack. Anyway around the
death of John Paul I there are some speculations, and between these also the
homicide. And I wonder how he felt at the delivery of the “Corriere
dell’Ovest”, being so shy…anyway as long as the pontificate of John Paul I was
very short, also the career of the “Corriere dell’Ovest” was short, lasting in
Adriatica Fleet only four years before of her sale to Grimaldi. For Adriatica
was sailing from
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Delivery
ceremony with Albino Luciani, Patriarch
of Venice |
Official
Postcard |
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Jeanburlon’s
collection |
ADRIATICA – Corriere
dell’Ovest (1975-1979)
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Ravenna,
1987 |
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Urs
Steiner |
ATLANTICA DI
NAVIGAZIONE (Grimaldi Lines) – Freccia dell’Ovest (1979-1993)
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Drapetsona, 25/10/2006 |
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Apostolos Kaknis |
HALKYDON
SHIPPING – Ravenna (2000-2010)
