ro/ro corriere del sud

Photo from Commis’s collection #6307

Ship	Corriere del Sud (1972)	Building Spec.	Cantieri Navali Luigi Orlando, Leghorn, Italy, 1970 – N° 131
Call Sign		IMO Number	7015339
GRT		DWT	2.946
Dimensions	105,3 x 17,5 x 5,09	Engines	2 Fiat – GMT 16c, 7.999 kW
Speed	20 knots	Passengers	12
Beds	12	Cars	0
Lane Metres	948	Sister Ships	Kibris Yildizi Marina di Carrara (Scrapped at Aliaga in 2002)
Registry Port	Trieste	Flag	Italian
Former Names/Own.	Espresso Calabria – Traghetti del Mediterraneo 1970 Corriere del Sud – Traghetti dell’Adriatico 1971-72
New Names/Own.	Corriere del Sud – Linee Canguro 1978-81 Guatemala – ???? 1981-82 Falcon Express – ???? 1982-88 El Carrier – ???? 1988 Affondata l’11/12/1988 come “El Carrier” nel Mar Mediterraneo all’altezza di Bengasi.
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The “Corriere del Sud” is part of a four-ro/ro serie composed by three sister vessels and one similar, built by Luigi Orlando yards of Leghorn for Traghetti del Mediterraneo. Launched as “Espresso Calabria”, was transferred by the owner to the newly-established company Traghetti dell’Adriatico, named as “Corriere del Sud”, operating from Trieste to Piraeus, Benghazi, Tripolis, Genoa and Marseille. After a short time, the ferry was first chartered, then sold to Adriatica Navigazione, being employed from Trieste and Venice (Marghera) to Piraeus, Famagusta, Lattakia, Mersin, Izmir. The ship was subsequently sold to Linee Canguro in 1978, maintaining her name, then I’ve not many notices of her, apart that she sank on December 11^th, 1988 in Mediterranean Sea, probably enroute to Benghazi, Libya.

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