Ro/Ro Filippos - Piraeus

RO/RO FILIPPOS

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Ancona, 03/01/01 #6255

Ship	Filippos (1994) ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ	Building Spec.	Cantieri Navali Luigi Orlando, Leghorn, Italy, 1975 – N° 142
Call Sign	SVVL	IMO Number	7365253
GRT	2.960	DWT	4.462
Dimensions	140,37 x 17,51 x 5,06	Engines	2 Fiat – GMT 3018SS, 6.620 kW
Speed	20 knots	Passengers	24
Beds	24	Cars
Lane Metres	1.000	Sister Ships	Ravenna
Registry Port	Piraeus	Flag	Greek
Former Names/Own.	Corriere del Nord – Adriatica Navigazione 1975-79 Freccia del Nord – Grandi Traghetti 1979-88 Angelina Maglione – Granferry 1988-89 Ro-Ro Primula – So.Mar.Gi. 1989-94
New Names/Own.	Filippos – Saos Ferries 2004-05 Agios Efstathios – Saos Ferries 2005-06 Sm Spyridon – Libanese interests 2006à
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This ferry of Halkydon is part of the endless serie of ro/ro’s built in the seventies for Trans Tirreno Express and Adriatica. In 1979 was sold to Grandi Traghetti, a company of Grimaldi Group, being renamed “Freccia del Nord”; also the following sale to Granferry and the renaming as “Angelina Maglione” seems to be also between the companies of Grimaldi Group. In 1989 was sold another time, to So.Mar.Gi., as the “Ro-Ro Primula”; in this case I don’t know who was behind this shipowner, but I suspect that we’re speaking of Grimaldi even in this case. The ferry was bought by Halkydon Shipping in 1994, being renamed “Filippos” and reflagged to Greece. Under this ownership, the ferry was mainly employed on cargo service Ancona – Corinth, gaining a good success, until the sale to Saos Ferries, in 2004, after ten years of service. Renamed “Agios Efstathios” only in a second time, was near to capsize on August 3^rd, 2005; after being saved, she seemed to be sold for scrap, but was instead bought by Libanese interests and renamed “SM Spyridon”, returning to regular service.

ADRIATICA Ro/Ro Corriere del Nord – Photo from Commis’s collection #6306

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Ancona, 09/08/97 #6254

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