F/B CORFU SEA

Photo © Emilio Barenghi, Igoumenitsa, 1993

Ship	Corfu Sea (1985)	Building Spec.	D.Kamitsis & Co. Shipyard & Machine Shop, Perama, Greece, 1971 – N° 114
Call Sign		IMO Number	7121516
GRT	3.017	DWT	610
Dimensions	86,31 x 13,8 x 3,65	Engines	2 MWM TBD501-8, 4.626 kW
Speed	19 knots	Passengers	600
Beds		Cars	90
Lane Metres	150	Sister Ships
Registry Port	Piraeus	Flag	Greek
Former Names/Own.	Aetos – Naftiki Eteria Oachimatagogon Kikladon 1971-77 Dodekanissos – Piraiki Naftiliako 1977-85
New Names/Owners	Express Karistos – DD Line 1996-04 Scrapped at Alang (India) in 2004 as “Karistos”
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Built in Greece in 1971, she maintained her original name until 1977 and sailed under the name “Dodekanissos” between 1977 and 1985. I wasn’t able to rebuild the history of the ferry from her launch till 1985, both regarding her owners and her services; anyway it seems that the ferry was owned by Agapitos family as the “Dodekanissos”. Surely she entered the Agapitos fleet in 1985 as the “Corfu Sea”, deployed on Brindisi – Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Patras line. She stayed on that service until 1990, having for 1987 and 1988 seasons the bigger “Corfu Diamond” as running mate; in 1990 the Brindisi – Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Patras line was shortened to the most brief crossing Corfu – Igoumenitsa, performed until 1995, being the only conventional ferry on a market which saw the “landing crafts” as the main ferries on the line. The ferry was sold in 1996 to DD Ferries; in my opinion this move is due to the increased competition between Corfu and Igoumenitsa after the introduction of “Agios Spiridon” and “Pantokrator”, and the strong growth of Agapitos Lines in Aegean Sea after the purchase of “Dimitra” in 1995 and the purchases of “Kriti” and “Apollo Express 2” in 1996. The ferry as the “Express Karistos” linked under DD Ferries’s livery the port of Rafina with Evia islands ports (Marmari and Karistos) until 2003, when she was laid up until her sale for scrap, as “Karistos”, occurred in 2004.

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