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RO/RO LINDOS
Official DANE SEA LINE photo, taken
from Nautilia.gr #11770
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Ship |
Lindos (1985) ΛΙΝΔΟΣ |
Building Spec. |
Cantiere Navale Luigi Orlando, Leghorn, Italy, 1968 – N° 125 |
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Call Sign |
IMO Number |
6729232 |
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GRT |
4.979 |
DWT |
3.731 |
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Dimensions |
116,47 x 17,53 x 5,1 |
Engines |
2 C.R.d.Adriatico - Sulzer 6RD44, 5.001 kW |
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Speed |
19 knots |
Passengers |
44 |
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Beds |
44 |
Cars |
85 |
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Lane Metres |
732 |
Sister ships |
Espresso Liguria (scrapped in
1986) Mubarak 5 (scrapped in 1987) Rida (scrapped in 2004) Siba Brescia (scrapped in 1999) |
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Registry Port |
Rhodes |
Flag |
Greece |
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Former Names/Own. |
Espresso
Sicilia – Traghetti del Mediterraneo
03/1968-07/1981 Eastern Isle – Atlantico Compania Naviera
07/1981-1984 Western Isle – Afmar S.A.
1984-1985 |
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New Names/Owners |
Marietta – European Sea Lines / TEM Shipping 1995-1996 Ulusoy 2 – Ulusoy Sealines 1996-1999 Olbia – Olbia Line 1999-2002 Chartered to Ecolshipping 12/1999-12/2002 Scrapped
at Aliaga (Turkey) in January 2003 as “Olbia” |
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Originally known as the “Espresso Sicilia”, was the third of a
five-modern ro/ro order
placed from Spiros Magliveras,
a Greek shipowner which established the company Traghetti del Mediterraneo, to
Luigi Orlando yards of Leghorn. Delivered to the owner on March 1968, she
started sailing from Genoa to Sardinia (Porto Torres and Caralis)
and to Sicily (Catania and Palermo). In 1976 OARN yards of Genoa lengthened the
ferry by the insertion of a 12,5m section at midships,
fitted also with stabilizers; the overall length of the ferry raised from the
original figure of 104,7 metres to 116,47 metres. In 1980 the company ran in
financial troubles, and the ships were laid up at La Spezia, awaiting for a
buyer; this happened for the “Espresso Sicilia” in July 1981, when she was sold
to Atlantico Compania Naviera of Panama, renamed “Eastern Isle” and put on Miami
– Caribbean trade. She crossed again the Atlantic three years later, when she
was sold to a Greek company and renamed “Western Isle”. This ro/pax was member of DANE fleet
between 1985 and 1995, before being sold to a Turkish company. When serving for
DANE was on routes from Piraeus and Thessaloniki to Rhodes and often, also to
Limassol on Cyprus island; a service which probably was not so popular, as long
as Dane Sea Line never replaced the Lindos after her
sale, but this fact was probably due also to the financial problems which
affected the Rhodes-based line throughout its existence. A rumour of her Greek
period was that she was ice-strenghtened, but she
always sailed in warm seas and there is no notice of an ice-class. The photo
which Fleet File Rotterdam kindly provided to us is very early: later the “Dane
Sea Line” brand appeared on Lindos’s hull and the bow
accommodation for passengers was increased including the former life boats area
and the lifeboats were placed above the superstructure. After three years of
service for Ulusoy, she was back to Italy for Olbia Line, renamed “Olbia” and
placed on the line Marina di Carrara (near La Spezia)
– Olbia, but the service was soon discontinued and
the ship laid up at Caralis; from December 1999 till
December 2002 was linking Naples and Palermo, then in January 2003 was sold for
scrap in Turkey. The most interesting story, anyway, is those of the first
vessel of the series, the “Espresso Sardegna”: in
March 1973 ran aground near Gorgona island, reporting
great damage, capsizing and sinking; salvaged by a French company, was towed to
Genoa, where she was overturned again, refitted, repaired and lengthened; in
1982 was sold to S.I.B.A. and converted in a livestock carrier.
Photo © Fleet File
Official DANE SEA LINE photo, taken
from Nautilia.gr #11768
Official DANE SEA LINE photo, taken
from Nautilia.gr #11769
Photo © Antonios
Molos, Piraeus #11767