f/b appia

Photo © Brian Fisher, Corfu, 05/86 #6146

Ship	Appia (1961)	Building Spec.	Cantieri Navali Breda, Venice, Italy, 1961 – N° 215
Call Sign		IMO Number	5020940
GRT	6.100	DWT	896
Dimensions	123,12 x 18,83 x 5,51	Engines	2 Fiat 6 cyl., 4.413 kW
Speed	17,5 knots	Passengers	1.130
Beds	209	Cars	145
Lane Metres		Sister Ships
Registry Port	Venice	Flag	Italian
Former Names/Own.
New Names/Own.	Fibi – Tamy Shipping 1992-95 Scrapped at Alang, India, 1995
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Apart of the smaller “Aethalia” of Navigazione Toscana, the “Appia” was the first Italian roll-on/roll-of ferry. Launched on 25/09/1960 for Adriatica, was delivered in 1961, deployed on Brindisi – Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Patras service sailing on alternate days with the “Egnatia” of Hellenic Mediterranean Lines. She remained on this line for almost all her life, even after the “divorce” from Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, until 1992, apart a short spell serving the Italian troops in Lebanon in 1982; was then sold to India and renamed “Fibi”, sailing around India until 1995, when she was sold for scrap at her 34 year of life.

Advertising picture from Jeanburlon’s collection #6312

Photo from Jeanburlon’s collection #6313

Photo from Jeanburlon’s collection #6314

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