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F/B Laurana
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Ship |
Laurana (1992) |
Building Spec. |
Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani, Palermo, Italy, 1992 N° 5908 |
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Call Sign |
ICEL |
IMO Number |
9011014 |
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GRT |
10.977 |
DWT |
2.300 |
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Dimensions |
122 x 19,4 x 5,31 |
Engines |
2
Fiat-GMT 6c., 7.059 kW |
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Speed |
15
knots (max 17 knots) |
Passengers |
1.100 |
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Beds |
348
in 158 cabins |
Cars |
276 |
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Lane
Metres |
400 |
Sister
Ships |
Palladio ( Aliaga 2016) |
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Registry Port |
Venice |
Flag |
Italian |
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Former Names/Own. |
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New Names/Own. |
Laurana Siremar Sicilia
Regionale Marittima 2004-08/2012 Chartered to Tirrenia divisione Adriatica 2004-05 Laurana Siremar Compagnia
delle Isole 08/2012 |
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If anyone would like to know where the taxes payed by Italians were
dissipated, we can look at this ferry. Part of a three-sisters group ordered by
Adriatica of Venice, was built three years later than
her sisters and at by a different yard (Fincantieri
Palermo instead of Ancona). Obviously an outdated ship
also at her launch, in 1992, was able to manage only a maximum speed of 17
knots, where many older Adriatic ferries were able to sail at 20/22 knots; also
on Brindisi line many ferries of H.M.L. were faster. Being ceased the
situations that led to design this way the Palladio class, the project had to
be changed to adapt the ferry to Greek service; the modifications carried on
this third sister instead were ridiculous: a different mooring equipment, two
little windows on side wings and two air intakes at the top of the funnels. To
underline how much outdated was the Laurana in
1992, I can report the expression of a good friend of mine: In the meantime of Lauranas
delivery from Palermo yards, the Apuania yards were
completing the Majestic, the first Italian cruise-ferry!. Moreover, we
can still find on this ferry the same singular choices made for the previous
pair of vessels, being the absence of side propellers, which often caused the
need of the assistance from tugs during mooring operations and the enormous
number of cabins, 158, which could normally accommodate 632 guests on a 4-bed
basis, and were arranged for only 348 berths. Soon put on Brindisi - Corfu - Igoumenitsa Patras she departed from Italy at 22.30,
arriving in Patras at 18.30 after 19 hours and after every other competitor.
Was diverted for the first time from that line on 1997 to Bari - Durres route,
replaced on original link by the Palladio. Back on the same Italy - Greece link
the following year, was finally put between Italy and Albania one year later,
also because she was too slow to compete on Italy - Greece line. Being employed
on Adriatic services with less competition, she started being offered on sales
lists with her two sisters, being Adriatica a company
with no investment from the main stakeholder, the Italian Government. Anyway,
on 2004 Adriatica was absorbed by Tirrenia,
which started operating Adriatic Sea services under its brand; the Durres line
was then performed by the older sisters Emilia and Domiziana
while the Laurana was moved to Ancona Split line.
After this summer service was repainted in Si.Re.Mar.s
colours at Ravenna yards and transferred to the Sicilian operator to serve the
smaller islands around Sicily since May 2005.
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Bari |
Ancona |
Ancona, 09/04/2004 |
Ancona, 09/04/2004 |
Ancona, 09/04/2004 |
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Erald Spahiu |
Erald Spahiu |
Dominik Wagner |
Dominik Wagner |
Dominik Wagner |
ADRIATICA Laurana (1992-2005)
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Bari, 22/03/2005 |
Linosa |
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Ilaria Scognamillo |
Daniele Alletto |
SI.RE.MAR. Laurana (2005-2011)
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Milazzo, 22/11/2014 |
Lipari, 06/06/2016 |
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Captain Peter |
Captain Peter |
SIREMAR Compagnia delle Isole Laurana (2011-2016)
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Naples, 23/06/2017 |
Messina, 25/12/2017 |
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Tore Hettervik |
Carsten Dettmer |
SIREMAR Compagnia delle Isole Laurana (2016)