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F/B NAIAS
II
Photo
© Gunnar Menzer
Ship |
Naias II (1989) ΝΑΙΑΣ
II |
Building Spec. |
Chantiers
et Ateliers de Provence, Port
de Bouc, France, 1966 – N° 327 |
Call Sign |
SXJV |
IMO
Number |
6622616 |
GRT |
4.555 |
DWT |
1.099 |
Dimensions |
115 x 18,1 x 4,36 |
Engines |
2 De Bretagne – Pielstick 16PC2-V400, 10.944 kW |
Speed |
20,5
knots |
Passengers |
1.300 |
Beds |
256 |
Cars |
240 |
Lane Metres |
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Sister ships |
Express Samina (sunk in 2000) Salem Express (sunk in 1991) |
Registry Port |
Piraeus |
Flag |
Greek |
Former Names/Own. |
Launched
as “Provence” Comte de
Nice – C.G.T. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique 07/1966-03/1969 Comte
de Nice – C.G.T.M.
Compagnie Generale Transmediterraneenne 03/1969-03/1976 Comte
de Nice – S.N.C.M.
Societe Nationale Corse
Mediterranee 03/1976-05/1983 Naias
II – Kriton S.A. 05/1983-07/1989 |
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New Names/Owners |
Express Naias – Minoan
Flying Dolphins / Hellas Ferries 01/2000-12/2001 Express Naias – Hellas
Flying Dolphins / Hellas Ferries 12/2001-04/2003 Scrapped at Aliaga
(Turkey) on April 2003 as “Express Naias” |
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Line |
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Was launched in 1966 as the “Provence”; anyway she entered service the same year as the “Comte de Nice”,
living the three different ages of French State-owned companies alternating
Nice – Corsica service with Marseille – Alger line. She arrived in Greece in
1983 as “Naias II” for the lines Piraeus – Syros – Tinos – Mykonos with Kriton
brand, replacing the original “Naias”. Anyway the
company didn’t survived very much the divorce from its original ferry, and
ceased ferry services in 1989, selling the ferry and the operating licence to
Agapitos Bros. The company, which had already bought “Naias II”’s original
sister from Stability Maritime, failing to change the name of the ferry,
decided to do the same with this one. Refitted in a different way as her sister
was, has a great superstructure at stern, lacking on “Golden Vergina”, despite
the two vessels have the same figure of GRT: this fact is probably due to the
different internal arrangements. A never loved ship, in 2000 season travelled
for Hellas Ferries, a Minoan Flying Dolphin brand, until October, when she was
arrested for safety reasons and never rerouted, probably because of her
sistership with “Express Samina”. Scrapped in early 2003 in Turkey, a latter
opinion about her name “Naias II” painted under her bridge under Kriton
ownership: horrible.
Photo Gallery
COMPAGNIE GENERALE
TRANSATLANTIQUE – Comte de Nice
(1966-1969)
COMPAGNIE GENERALE
TRANSMEDITERRANEENNE – Comte de Nice
(1969-1976)
SNCM – Comte
de Nice (1976-1983)
KRITON S.A. – Naias II (1983-1989)
AGAPITOS
BROS – Naias II (1989-1992)
Piraeus |
Mykonos, 01/07/1996 |
Syros, 15/09/1997 |
Mykonos, 26/09/1999 |
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Antonios Lazaris |
Antonios Lazaris |
Antonios Lazaris |
Carsten Dettmer |
Tony Garner |
Tony Garner |
AGAPITOS
LINES – Naias II (1993-2000)
MINOAN
FLYING DOLPHINS / HELLAS FERRIES – Express Naias
(2000-2003)