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F/B Tiepolo
Photo from Commis’s collection #6303
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Ship |
Tiepolo (1981) |
Building spec. |
Italcantieri
S.p.A., C. di Stabia – Italy, 1968 – N° 646 |
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Call Sign |
ICWY |
IMO Number |
6724048 |
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GRT |
5.923 |
DWT |
1.965 |
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Dimensions |
126,35 x 19,26 x 5,46 |
Engines |
2 Fiat GMT 7c, 8.753 kW |
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Speed |
18 knots |
Passengers |
720 |
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Beds |
397 |
Cars |
240 |
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Lane meters |
492 |
Sister ships |
Saudi Moon II (sank in 1982) Sindibad I (sank in 1992) |
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Registry port. |
Venezia |
Flag |
Italian |
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Former Names/Own |
Canguro
Bianco – Traghetti Sardi 1968-74 Canguro
Bianco – Linee Canguro 1974-81 |
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New Names/Owners |
Zahret Misr
– Sea Loyalty 1993 Salem
Flower – Samatour
1993-97 (Charter) Taba I – Pacific Prestige
1997-98 Al
Salam Taba I – El Salam 1998-04 Al Salam
Taba I – Tylos Ferry
2001-04 (Charter) Scrapped at Alang,
India 2004 |
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Fourth of a family composed by five vessels, was delivered by Italcantieri of Castellammare di Stabia to Traghetti Sardi in 1968, being deployed on lines departing from Genoa
to Caralis, Porto Torres, Olbia, Arbatax
and Barcelona. The company changes its name to Traghetti Sardi
in 1974, but they started soon running into troubles and their services came to
an end in 1981: the “Canguro Bianco” was first
chartered, then bought by Adriatica which, according
to their tradition to name the ferries after famous Italian artists, renamed
her as “Tiepolo” refitting her under their high standards including also a
swimming pool (a feature still unknown at Tirrenia Navigazione) introducing her on a complicate timetable
which included departures from Trieste, Venice and Ancona to Zadar, Split and
Dubrovnik, sometimes linking also Albania. During the summer they had also a
sort of mini-cruise linking Trieste, Venice, Split and
Dubrovnik. In 1983, was requisitioned by Italian Ministry of Defense,When her career under Adriatica
colours came to an end, was replaced by the newly built sisters “Palladio” and
“Sansovino” and sent to Brindisi to link the Southern Italy port to Corfu and Igoumenitsa prior to her sale to an Arab company in 1993,
after some time of lay up at Ancona’s breakwater. As
long as the service on Red Sea was the destiny of this family of ferries, she
started sailing on various Red Sea routes until her sale to El Salam Shipping,
occurred in 1998. The ferry was subsequently chartered to Tylos
Ferry for a service on the long line between Iraq and Bahrein, Dubai, Doha,
Muscat, Mumbai and Cochin, service performed until her scrap of 2004.
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Castellammare di Stabia, launch |
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Commis’s collection |
Commis’s collection |
Commis’s collection |
TRAGHETTI SARDI – Canguro Bianco (1968-1974)
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Trieste, 20/03/1989 |
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Matteo Fasce’s
collection |
Frank Först |
ADRIATICA – Tiepolo (1981-1993)
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Suez, 25/11/1999 |
Suez, 25/11/1999 |
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Yvon Perchoc |
Yvon Perchoc |
EL SALAM MARITIME – Al Salam Taba
I (1998-2004)