F/B AINOS

Photo from Matteo Fasce’s collection

 

Ship

Ainos (1978)

ΑΙΝΟΣ

Building Spec.

1964 at Solvesbörg yards, Sweden, N° 66

Call Sign

 

IMO Number

6403163

GRT

1.291

DWT

500

Dimensions

71,9 x 12,7 x 3,61

Engines

2 Deutz 8c, 3.091 kW

Speed

17,5 knots

Passengers

519

Beds

-

Cars

70

Lane Metres

 

Sister Ships

 

Registry Port

Piraeus

Flag

Greek

Former Names/Own.

Apollo – Rederi AB Slite (Viking Line) 1964-68

Manic – Canadian National / Government of Canada 1968-78

New Names/Owners

Neraida II – Sigma Ferries 1989-90

Ydra – Ventouris Ferries 1990-93

Agios Nektarios – Ventouris Lines 1993-04

Sank in shallow waters at Keratsini, Greece, 2003

Line

 

 

 

Ship with Baltic origins, was on a link between Sweden and Aland Islands for one of the three original Viking Line partners, the Rederi AB Slite, which was the branch who went in bankruptcy in 1993 making the Scandinavian company lose the superb “Olympia”, “Athena”, “Kalypso” and the already finished “Europa” which was never collected from Meyer Werft of Papensburg. After four years of service in the Baltic was sold in Canada, as the “Manic” and crossed again the Atlantic ocean ten years later when was bought by Strintzis Lines as their “Ainos”. After a short spell sailing from Rafina to Cyclades, was deployed on Killini – Cephalonia link, where she continued to sail also after her sale and name ch’ange, until 1990. Entered in the Ventouris universe, she sailed for Ventouris Ferries from 1990 to 1993, then she beared the colours of Ventouris Lines. For the last operator, she sailed from Piraeus to Saronikos islands, taking her name “Agios Nektarios” after the patron saint of Aegina Island. Was arrested in 1996 and since that time she seems to have never restored service anywhere, until her sale for scrap in 2004. I’m not sure where she had served for Ventouris Ferries, from Rafina to Cyclades along with “Bari Express” or already on Piraeus – Saronikos line.

 

 

REDERI AB SLITE F/B Apollo, photo by courtesy of Micke Asklander

 

VENTOURIS FERRIES F/B Ydra photo by courtesy of Micke Asklander

 

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