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F/B PALOMA

 ARKADIA LINES FB Paloma

Photo by courtesy of magazine EFOPLISTIS

 

Ship

Paloma (1990)

Building Spec.

Uddevallavarvet AB,

Uddevalla, Sweden, 1968 – N° 280

Call Sign

IMO Number

6800402

GRT

7.708

DWT

955

Dimensions

115,7 x 18,02 x 4,75

Engines

4 Pielstick 12PV400, 8.210 kW

Speed

18 knots

Passengers

1.400

Beds

424

Cars

175

Lane Metres

255

Sister ships

Registry Port

Piraeus

Flag

Greece

Former Names/Own.

Drottningen  Statens Järnvägar (Swedish Railways) 04/1968-05/1977

Chartered to Birka Line 06/1973-09/1973

Chartered to Silja Line 04/1975-10/1975

Chartered to PKP Poland 10/1975-04/1976

Chartered to Stena Line 06/1976-08/1976

AlzahraaFederal Arab Maritime 05/1977-1984

Ionian Victory – Strintzis Lines 1984-1986

Paloma – Afroessa Lines 1986-1990

New Names/Owners

Jin Hu – Shiantou Shipping 06/1993-03/2005

Scrapped at (China) as “Jin Hu” in March 2005

Line

 

An old trainferry in service between Trelleborg and the German ports of Travemunde (West Germany) and Sassnitz ( East Germany). On August 31st, 1968, just few months after her delivery, she collided near Travemunde with the East German war ship “Willi Büntsch”, which broke in two parts and sank, causing the death of seven marines. From 1971 she changed her service several times, chartered to many different operators: in 1971 was on Stockholm – Nadendal line until 1973, when was chartered to Birka Line, first between Stockholm, Helsinki and Leningrad,  then between the Swedish capital and Aland (Mariehamn). In 1974 was for little time on her original service Trelleborg – Germany, in 1975 again chartered to Sessanlinjen and then to Silja Line for the service Stockholm/Norrtalje – Mariehamn – Turku. Before of her purchase by Federal Arab Maritime (1977)  was on charter to Stena Line (GoteborgKiel) and PKP (Ystad – Swinoujscie). Renamed “Al Zahraa” was used often as a cruiseship, until her purchase by Strintzis Lines in January 1984. Although she was employed between Italy and Greece (AnconaCorfu – Igoumenitsa – Patras) the ship was registered in Limassol. The service in the blue fleet was long only two years: in 1986 was replaced by “Ionian Sun” and sold to “Afroessa Lines”, where she reencountered another trainferry originally in service between Sweden and RDT, the “Sassnitz”. The two ships had also a similar name: the first one “Paloma”, the second one “Silver Paloma”. At that time the ship was also refitted with a swimming pool and the increasement of superstructure at stern. Connecting Piraeus with Limassol and Haifa via Tinos – Heraklion – Rhodes, the ship flied maltese flag until 1990, when Afroessa Lines was purchased by Arkadia Lines and the ferry was Greek-flagged. Only for a while on GreeceCyprusIsrael, was put on the new line Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Bari. On winter 1992 was laid up waiting for an acquirent, finded only in June 1993, when she was purchased by the Chinese company Shantou Shipping and named “Jin Hu”. For her Chinese owner, she sailed out of Hong Kong to China; in 2005 was scrapped.

 

 

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SWEDISH RAILWAYS F/B Drottningen – Photo by courtesy of Micke Asklander

 

FB Alzahraa 01_Micke Asklander collection

FEDERAL ARAB MARITIME F/B Al Zahraa – Photo by courtesy of Micke Asklander

 

STRINTZIS LINES FB Ionian Victory

STRINTZIS LINES F/B Ionian Victory – Photo by courtesy of magazine EFOPLISTIS

 

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STRINTZIS LINES F/B Ionian Victory – Official Strintzis Lines postcard

 

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AFROESSA LINES F/B Paloma – Photo © Pieter Inpijn

 

AFROESSA LINES F/B Paloma – Photo © Göran Olsson, Rhodes, 02/07/1989 #15097

 

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