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F/B CORFU SEA
Photo © Emilio Barenghi, Igoumenitsa, 1993
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Ship |
Corfu Sea (1985) |
Building Spec. |
D.Kamitsis & Co. Shipyard & Machine Shop, Perama, Greece, 1971 – N° 114 |
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Call
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IMO Number |
7121516 |
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GRT |
3.017 |
DWT |
610 |
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Dimensions |
86,31 x 13,8 x 3,65 |
Engines |
2
MWM TBD501-8, 4.626 kW |
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Speed |
19 knots |
Passengers |
600 |
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Beds |
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Cars |
90 |
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Lane Metres |
150 |
Sister
Ships |
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Registry Port |
Piraeus |
Flag |
Greek |
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Former Names/Own. |
Aetos – Naftiki Eteria Oachimatagogon Kikladon 1971-1977 Dodekanissos
– Piraiki Naftiliako 1977-1985 |
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New Names/Owners |
Express Karistos – DD Line 1996-2004 Scrapped at Alang (India)
in 2004 as “Karistos” |
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Built in Greece in 1971, she maintained her original
name until 1977 and sailed under the name “Dodekanissos”
between 1977 and 1985. I wasn’t able to rebuild the history of the ferry from
her launch till 1985, both regarding her owners and her services; anyway it seems that the ferry was owned by Agapitos family
as the “Dodekanissos”. Surely
she entered the Agapitos fleet in 1985 as the “Corfu Sea”, deployed on Brindisi
– Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Patras line. She stayed on
that service until 1990, having for 1987 and 1988 seasons the bigger “Corfu
Diamond” as running mate; in 1990 the Brindisi – Corfu – Igoumenitsa
– Patras line was shortened to the most brief crossing Corfu – Igoumenitsa, performed until 1995, being the only
conventional ferry on a market which saw the “landing crafts” as the main
ferries on the line. The ferry was sold in 1996 to DD Ferries; in my opinion
this move is due to the increased competition between Corfu and Igoumenitsa after the introduction of “Agios
Spiridon” and “Pantokrator”,
and the strong growth of Agapitos Lines in Aegean Sea after the purchase of
“Dimitra” in 1995 and the purchases of “Kriti” and “Apollo Express 2” in 1996.
The ferry as the “Express Karistos” linked under DD Ferries’s livery the port of Rafina
with Evia islands ports (Marmari and Karistos) until 2001, when she left her line to link Kea
and Kythinos with Lavrion. Laid
up in 1993, her sale for scrap, as “Karistos”,
occurred in 2004.
Photo Gallery
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Patras, 14/07/1990 |
Patras, 14/07/1990 |
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Frank Först |
Frank Först |
AGAPITOS
BROS – Corfu Sea (1985-1996)
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Kea, 1996 |
Kynosoura,
24/08/2002 |
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Dennis Mortimer |
Peter J. Fitzpatrick |
DD
FERRIES – Express Karistos (1996-2004)