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(1996-1999)
F/B PANAGIA EKATONTAPILIANI
Photo © Gunnar Menzer
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Ship |
Panagia Ekatontapiliani
(1996) ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ
ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΠYΛΙΑΝΗ |
Building Spec. |
Arsenal de la Marine
Nationale Francaise, Brest, France, 1972 – N° 1 |
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Call Sign |
SWXF |
IMO
Number |
7205063 |
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GRT |
5.596 |
DWT |
1.030 |
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Dimensions |
118,09 x 19,84 x 4,12 |
Engines |
2 De Bretagne – Pielstick 16PC2-V400, 9.885 kW |
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Speed |
19,5
knots |
Passengers |
1.400 |
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Beds |
118
in 35 cabins |
Cars |
256 |
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Lane Metres |
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Sister ships |
Apollon (Scrapped in 2010) |
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Registry Port |
Piraeus |
Flag |
Greek |
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Former Names/Own. |
Hengist – British Railways / Sealink
06/1972-07/1984 Hengist – Sealink British Ferries 07/1984-04/1990 Hengist – Sealink Stena Line 04/1990-12/1990 Stena Hengist – Sealink Stena Line 01/1991-03/1992 Romilda – G.A. Ferries 03/1992-04/1993 Apollo Express
2 – Ventouris Sea Lines 04/1993-09/1996 |
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New Names/Owners |
Express Artemis – Minoan Flying Dolphins / Hellas Ferries 11/1999-07/2001 Panagia Ekatontapiliani – Minoan Flying Dolphins / Hellas Ferries 07/2001-01/2002 Panagia Ekatontapiliani – Hellas Flying Dolphins / Hellas Ferries 01/2002-02/2004 Agios Georgios – Ventouris Sea Lines 02/2004-01/2015 Panagia Tinou – Ventouris Sea Lines 01/2015-02/2017 Scrapped at Aliaga
(Turkey) on March 2017 as “Panagia Tinou” |
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First of three sister ships employed between France
and England, the “Hengist” was mainly used on Dover - Calais line, even after
her name changes and changes of ownership, until 1992, when she was sold to
G.A. Ferries, being the first ferry of the company carrying the name “Romilda”.
Was immediately sold the following year to Ventouris Sea Lines, which already
owned her sister; anyway was involved in the
bankruptcy of the company and laid up at Piraeus Main Port from October 1995 to
September 1996, when was bought by Agapitos Lines. Under this ownership, apart
for a while where replaced for her annual refit the “Golden Vergina”
on Ikaria – Samos line, she served the Piraeus – Paros – Naxos – Ios –
Santorini line under the extra-long name “Panagia Ekatontapiliani”,
the name of a church situated at Paros island, devoted to the “Holy Virgin of
the Hundred Gates”. Every August 15th, the ferry remained moored at
Paros, and the icon of Holy Virgin of the Hundred Gates was taken in procession
by the ship’s crew to the ferry. She experienced a good success until her sale
to Minoan Flying Dolphins, happened in 1999, when she was renamed “Express
Artemis”, maintaining more or less the same services. She was renamed as her
Agapitos period in 2001, and repainted under the new
Hellas Flying Dolphins livery in 2002. Was sold in 2004 to the resurrected
Ventouris Sea Lines, as “Agios Georgios” for a new service linking Rafina to
Cyclades; then she abandoned Rafina to serve both Western Cyclades and Paros –
Naxos – Ios – Santorini from Piraeus. Renamed once again on January 2015 as the
“Panagia Tinou”, was intended to sail from Rafina, but the financial troubles of Ventouris
Sea Lines left her moored in Piraeus, where she ran aground on April 2016. Refloated some weeks later, was auctioned for scrap on
February 2017.
Photo Gallery
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From Pieter Inpijn’s |
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collection |
Ted Ingham |
SEALINK
BRITISH RAIL – Hengist (1973-197?)
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From Pieter Inpijn’s |
Dover, 16/04/1983 |
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collection |
Chris Howell |
SEALINK
BRITISH RAIL – Hengist (197?-1984)
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Collision with |
Ro/Ro Canabal |
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Channel, 18/10/1980 From |
Roy Thorntonn’s collection |
SEALINK
BRITISH RAIL – Hengist (197?-1984)
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Dover, June 1985 |
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Paul Morgan |
SEALINK
BRITISH FERRIES – Hengist (1984-1985)
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From Micke Asklander’s |
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collection |
SEALINK
BRITISH FERRIES – Hengist (1985-1987)
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Folkestone, 23/07/1987 |
Folkestone, July 1990 |
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Ken Smith |
Paul Morgan |
SEALINK
BRITISH FERRIES – Hengist (1987-1990)
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Folkestone, 18/10/1987 |
Beached after the |
Great Storm of |
17/10/1987 |
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Photo from |
Roy Thorntonn’s |
Collection |
SEALINK
BRITISH FERRIES – Hengist (1987-1990)
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Folkestone – David Ingham by |
Folkestone, 31/10/1991 |
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courtesy of Ted Ingham |
Gordon Wise |
SEALINK
STENA LINE – Stena Hengist (1991-1992)
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Piraeus |
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George Giannakis |
G.A.
FERRIES – Romilda (1992)
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From George Giannakis’s |
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collection |
George Giannakis |
G.A.
FERRIES – Romilda (1992-1993)
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Piraeus,
20/04/1994 |
29/04/1994 |
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George Giannakis |
George Giannakis |
VENTOURIS
SEA LINES – Apollo Express 2 (1993-1996)
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Santorini |
Saronikos Gulf,
1998 |
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Antonios Lazaris |
Antonios Lazaris |
Emilio Barenghi |
Per Jensen |
AGAPITOS
LINES – Panagia Ekatontapiliani (1996-2000)
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Official M.F.D. Hellas Ferries |
Piraeus, 2000 |
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Picture |
Peter J. Fitzpatrick |
MINOAN
FLYING DOLPHINS / HELLAS FERRIES – Express Artemis (2000-2001)
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Piraeus, 2001 |
Santorini, August
2001 |
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Emilio Barenghi |
Brian Fisher |
MINOAN
FLYING DOLPHINS / HELLAS FERRIES – Panagia Ekatontapiliani
(2001)
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Piraeus,
10/10/2003 |
Piraeus, 10/10/2003 |
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Michele
Lulurgas |
Michele
Lulurgas |
HELLAS
FLYING DOLPHINS / HELLAS FERRIES – Panagia Ekatontapiliani
(2002-2003)
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Naxos, 04/08/2004 |
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Spiridon E. Zervos |
VENTOURIS
SEA LINES – Agios Georgios (2004)
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Piraeus, 20/10/2004 |
Piraeus, 29/06/2014 |
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Nikos Thrylos |
Michele
Lulurgas |
VENTOURIS
SEA LINES – Agios Georgios (2005-2015)
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Piraeus, 24/06/2015 |
Piraeus, 25/06/2015 |
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Michele
Lulurgas |
Michele
Lulurgas |
VENTOURIS
SEA LINES – Panagia Tinou (2015-2017)