F/B Express Danae

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F/B Express Danae

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Ship	Express Danae (1996) ΕΞΠΡΕΣ ΔΑΝΑΗ	Building Spec.	United Shipping Yard, Perama, Greece, 1972 – N°306
Call Sign	SXLA	IMO Number	7014581
GRT	1904	DWT
Dimensions	74,48 x 12,02 x 3,2	Engines	2 Atlas - MAK 9c, 3.089 kW
Speed	17 knots	Passengers	852
Beds		Cars	52
Lane Metres		Sister ships
Registry Port	Piraeus	Flag	Greek
Former Names/Own.	Kyklades – Agapitos Bros 1972-1993 Express Efvoikos – Agapitos Express Ferries 1993-1994 Methodia – Ventouris Sea Lines 1994-1996
New Names/Owners	Express Danae – Minoan Flying Dolphins / Saronikos Ferries 11/1999-12/2001 Express Danae – Hellas Flying Dolphins / Saronikos Ferries 12/2001-09/2004 Erke – Pastel Holdings 09/2004-06/2018 Scrapped at Aliaga (Turkey) 06/2018
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Built in Greece, she started her career connecting Eastern Cyclades for Agapitos. In 1993, after the division of Agapitos Brothers company, she was taken over by Agapitos Express as “Express Efvoikos”, even if she was rapidly resold to Ventouris Lines for Saronikos services. In 1996 Ventouris Lines went in bankruptcy and the ship was repurchased by Agapitos Express Ferries, which renames the vessel “Express Danae” and continues the Ventouris services. At the end of 1999 the ship was purchased by M.F.D. which transferred her to the subsidiary Saronikos Ferries mantaining the present name; after a starring place on Argosaronikos services for five years, at the end of 2004 was sold to foreign interests, and served around Turkey until June 2018 as “Erke”, being then sold for scrap.

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