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F/B Sansovino
Photo © Michele
Lulurgas, Igoumenitsa, 11/08/94 #34
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Ship |
Sansovino (1989) |
Building Spec. |
Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani, Ancona, Italy,
1989 – N° 5865 |
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Call Sign |
ICYO |
IMO Number |
8705709 |
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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 († 2016) |
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Registry Port |
Venice |
Flag |
Italian |
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Former Names/Own. |
Chartered to
Siremar Sicilia Regionale Marittima 2003 Chartered to
Adria Ferries 2004 |
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New Names/Own. |
Sansovino – Siremar
Sicilia Regionale Marittima 2004-10/2007 Chartered to
Tirrenia divisione Adriatica 2004 Santa Maria I – G
Lines 10/2007-12/2010 Adriatica King – Albanian Ferries 12/2010-08/2014 Sansovino – Siremar Compagnia delle Isole 08/2014 |
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Line |
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Launched in 1989, soon entered in service between Ancona – Dubrovnik and
Dubrovnik – Bari line, but also linking Ancona to Zadar and Split, and from
these ports to Venice and Trieste, alternating her service with those of her
sister “Palladio”. An urban legend tells that this family of ferries, composed
by three sisters of which the “Sansovino” is the second, was built with the
intention to be powered by a new experimental engine designed by Fiat – GMT, of
which six units were already built, an engine which promised to be, according
to the builder, very economic to run. The market anyway didn’t welcomed very well the project, and the Italian Government
decided to help Fiat by ordering three ferries for Adriatica equipped by these
engines. Anyway, it seems that the fuel consumption is not so ridiculous as the
cruise-speed is. The “Sansovino” was deployed on Jugoslavia routes during her
first period of service; she left Jugoslavia from October 1990 to March 1991,
when she replaced the “Espresso Egitto” on Venice – Greece – Egypt line, and
definitively in 1992, when Adriatica suspended Jugoslavian lines due to the
civil war broken out in Balkans; was then deployed on the direct Brindisi –
Patras link. Replaced in 1994 by the faster “Egitto Express”, was put on
Brindisi - Corfu - Igoumenitsa route first, then, in 1996, was put on the new
estabilished services from Ancona to Split in Croatia, Bar in Jugoslavia and
Durres in Albania. On July 2003, due to the problems occurred to Si.Re.Mar.’s
“Paolo Veronese”, was transferred to the Sicilian state-owned ferry line to
connect Porto Empedocle, in southern Sicily, to Linosa and Lampedusa; however
this ferry was not adequate to the ferry connection she was engaged in, and in
December 2003 she remained at sea for three days trying to approach Lampedusa,
being impossible due to the rough sea and the absence of lateral propellers on
her. After the great troubles of that sailing it seems that the “Paolo
Veronese” was repaired, so the ferry was transferred again to Ancona services,
running in pair with the sister “Palladio” to Split and Durres. After the
take-over of Adriatic services by Tirrenia Navigazione, the Ancona – Durres
line was closed due to, according Tirrenia’s opinion, the losses on the route;
subsequently Adria Ferries acquired the former “Egitto Express” to operate on
this service and, then, demonstrating the high losses claimed by Tirrenia on
that service, they chartered also the “Sansovino” which was spare on that
moment, to answer the high-demand of services. Back from Adria Ferries’s
charter, the ferry was finally transferred to Si.Re.Mar., intended for their
Naples – Milazzo service, calling enroute to Salina, Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea
and Stromboli islands, but, after being repainted at Ravenna in Siremar’s
colours, the ferry was deployed on Ancona – Split line due to the big problems
and refittings needed by Tirrenia vessels. Delivered to the Sycilian company at
the end of May 2005, was assigned to the Porto Empedocle – Linosa – Lampedusa
line, where she was operated also in 2003, however, after only 15 days of
service she ran aground approaching Linosa island, damaging a propeller and an
engine, and then sent to Messina for repairs. After a long lay-up, at the end
of 2007 was sold to G Lines and deployed between Bari and Durres as their
“Santa Maria I”. In 2010 she was sold, being renamed “Adriatica
King” for Albanian Ferries. Probably refitted this time to comply the Stockholm
Agreement requirements which became law since 2010, wasn’t fitted with side sponsons as her sisters were. This spell of service was
also unsuccessful, so after seven years, in August 2014, the ferry was brought
back to Siremar, now under private ownership,
regaining her former name, “Sansovino”, and back on her usual Sicilian service,
the Porto Empedocle – Linosa
– Lampedusa line.
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Ancona |
Linosa |
Porto Empedocle |
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Greecefinikunda |
Gunnar Menzer |
Daniele Alletto |
Daniele Alletto |
ADRIATICA – Sansovino
(1989-2004)
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Ancona, 02/04/2005 |
Ancona, 02/04/2005 |
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Maria Cristina Margheri |
Maria Cristina Margheri |
SI.RE.MAR. – Sansovino
(2004-2007)
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Perama, 06/11/2007 |
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Apostolos Kaknis |
G LINES – Santa Maria I (2007)
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Bari, 21/01/2008 |
Bari, 21/01/2008 |
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Erald Spahiu |
Erald Spahiu |
G LINES – Santa Maria I (2007-2010)
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Elefsina, 28/10/2010 |
Elefsina, 06/01/2011 |
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Leonardos Varthalitis |
Leonardos Varthalitis |
ALBANIAN FERRIES – Adriatica King (2010)
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Bijela, 25/07/2011 |
Durres, 28/08/2012 |
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Godra |
Erald Spahiu |
ALBANIAN FERRIES – Adriatica King (2011-2014)
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Lampedusa, 05/07/2018 |
Lipari, 18/05/2019 |
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Captain Peter |
Markus Klausnitzer |
SIREMAR Compagnia delle Isole – Palladio (2016)