Ro/Ro Filippos - Piraeus

RO/RO FILIPPOS

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Ancona, 30/11/07 #8148

Ship	Filippos (2006) ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ	Building Spec.	A/S Framnæs Mekaniske Verksted, Sandefjord, Norway, 1973 – N° 181
Call Sign	SYDR	IMO Number	7321972
GRT	12.254	DWT	9.928
Dimensions	163,48 x 21,06 x 7,17	Engines	2 Lindholmens – Pielstick 12c, 8.827 kW
Speed	18,5 knots	Passengers	12
Beds	12	Cars
Garage	1.670 lane metres	Sister Ships	Acacia Aegean Star Archagelos Assi Euro Link (affondata nel 2004) Roro Gothica Stora Korsnäs Link I (affondata nel 1991) Strada Gigante Taxiarchis Ulusoy 6
Registry Port	Piraeus	Flag	Greek
Former Names/Own.	Tor Dania – Tor Line 1973-75 Bandar Abbas Express – Salen Rederiet* 1975 (charter)* Bandar Abbas Express – OT Express Line* 1975-78 (charter)* Tor Dania – Tor Line 1978-80 Tor Dania – Tor Lloyd 1980-83 Tor Dania – Tor Line 1983-92 Tor Dan – Tor Line 1992-93 Tor Hollandia – Tor Line 1993-98 Tor Hollandia – DFDS Tor Line 1998-00 Tor Hollandia – Nils Hugo Sand 2000-05 Chartered to DFDS Tor Line* 2000-05* Seahawk – Nils Hugo Sand 2005
New Names/Own.
Line	Ancona – Corinth; Porto Marghera (Venice) - Corinth

During the Seventies the Norwegian shipbuilders Framnæs built a series of ten sister ro/ros, part of these for Tor Line, part for Union Steamship New Zealand, and one for the Government of Democratic Republic of Germany. This ship, built as the fourth of the series, was named “Tor Dania” and started its service for Tor Line around North Sea. From 1975 to 1978 was chartered out, linking Northern Europe (Wallhamn – Bremerhaven – Dunkerque) with Persian Gulf and India (Doha – Umm Said – Dubai – Abu Dhabi – Dammam – Karachi – Bombay). On September 1977 approached to Vlissingen yards to be lengthened by 26,7 metres (the length as built was 136,80 metres, which remained unchanged on some sisters; anyway that vessels were probably designed to be easily lengthened, as long as the best part of the series undergone that work and one of that was built already lengthened), back in service on Tor Line Northern Sea services in 1978 as “Tor Dania”. This situation remained almost unchanged until 1992, apart a short charter for Middle East service in 1978 and considering that she operated under Tor Lloyd marks from 1980 to 1983. In 1992 the ferry lost her name, due to the arrival in Tor Line fleet of a bigger and newer ship who got the “Tor Dania” name, so this one was first renamed “Tor Dan”, then in 1993 “Tor Hollandia”, receiving for the first time the name used by the passenger car ferry “Tor Hollandia” of 1967, the second ever ferry of the company’s history. In 1998 the company name changed to DFDS Tor Line, due to the Danish owner; the ferry continued its career under this brand until 2005, even if was sold in 2000 and chartered back. Renamed “Seahawk”, she came to Mediterranean sea in November 2005 to do the refitting work, then was bought by Halkydon Shipping, reflagged to Greece and started serving Ancona – Corinth line.

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Ancona, 25/05/06 #3909

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Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Ancona, 13/01/07 #5801

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