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F/B Domiziana
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Ship
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Domiziana (2003)
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Building Spec.
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Fincantieri yards, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, 1979 – N° 4347
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Call Sign
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ITNA
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IMO Number
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7602089
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GRT
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12.575
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DWT
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3.250
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Dimensions
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147,99 x 25, 4 x 6,1
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Engines
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2 Fincantieri-GMT A420 16V. 14.120 kW
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Speed
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20,5 knots
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Passengers
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2.000
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Beds
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568
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Cars
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645
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Lane Metres
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850
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Sister Ships
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Amanah
Aurelia
Clodia († Alang 2013)
Flaminia († Alang 2013)
Nomentana († Alang 2013)
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Registry Port
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Naples
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Flag
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Italian
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Former Names/Own.
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Domiziana – Tirrenia
Navigazione 1979-03
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New Names/Own.
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Domiziana – Tirrenia
Navigazione divisione Adriatica 06/2004-06/2011
Domiziana – Adria
Ferries 06/2011-11/2011
AF Francesca – Adria
Ferries 11/2011à
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Line
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Built for Tirrenia in 1979, was lengthened by 12 metres in 1986 by Fincantieri yards of Trieste:
the ferry was literally cut at midship and a section if 12 metres was added, so
the overall length raised from 136 metres to 148 and the passenger capacity
raised until the present figure of 2.000. Originally part of “Strada” class,
was then one of the six sisters built in Castellammare di Stabia yard, but in
2002 the “Aurelia”, “Clodia” and “Nomentana”
were upgraded to meet the standards of Tirrenia newbuildings entered in service since 1999, so the “Domiziana” remained a full sister only to “Flaminia” and “Emilia”. At one side, this is a good thing,
because the transformed ferries of Strada class have a very heavy appearance;
on the other side however the “Flaminia” was
considered the worst ferry inspected in Europe when the German ADAC carried its
annual safety inspection among ferries sailing in Baltic, North Sea, Irish Sea,
Channel, Western and Eastern Mediterranean sea, and probably the “Domiziana” was on the same level of her sister sailing from
Civitavecchia to Olbia. After having spent her career mainly between Genoa and
Porto Torres in Sardinia, on 2003 the “rich cousin” of Naples gave the “Domiziana” like a charity to Venice-based company and,
confirming that for Italian Minister of Finances the Adriatica
is son of a minor God, the ferry sails from Bari to Durres in full Tirrenia livery, creating in traveller’s minds the doubt to
have not studied well Geography some years before or to have joined a wrong
boarding port. Not a ship who attracts the eye for her beauty, her internal
spaces don’t improve very much my impression, after having seen a few shots;
especially the seats seems to
have been stolen from a 2nd class train. If we think that when in
1960 Adriatica linked Italy
and Greece, the Piraeus – Crete link was
covered by the “Heraklion”, “anek” seemed to be a bad
word in a strange language and “minoan” was only a
fabulous period of Greek history…
Photo
Gallery
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From Peter Asklander’s
collection
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By courtesy
of Micke Asklander
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TIRRENIA – Domiziana (1979-1986)
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Caralis
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Egidio Ferrighi
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TIRRENIA – Domiziana (1986-2003)
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Bari, 24/08/2005
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Bari, 31/05/2006
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Alessandro Orfanù
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Michele Lulurgas
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TIRRENIA DIVISIONE ADRIATICA – Domiziana (2005-2011)
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Bari, 07/07/2012
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Durres, 08/08/2012
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Michele Lulurgas
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Erald Spahiu
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ADRIA FERRIES – AF Francesca (2011-2015)
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Bari,
29/08/2017
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Bari,
29/08/2017
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Michele
Lulurgas
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Michele
Lulurgas
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ADRIA FERRIES
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