F/B Ouranos - Limassol

F/B OURANOS

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Corfu, 29/07/94

Ship	Ouranos (1986)	Building Spec.	1969 at Jos L. Meyer, Papenburg, Germany N° 545
Call Sign		IMO Number	6922341
GRT	3.777	DWT	920
Dimensions	108,11 x 17,4 x 5,97	Engines	2 MAN, 9.860 kW
Speed	21,5 knots	Passengers	1.000
Beds	426	Cars	160
Lane Metres		Sister Ships
Registry Port	Limassol	Flag	Cyprus
Former Owners	Nordlandfähre 1967-74 Cie Marocaine 1974-86	Former Names	Vikingfjord 1967-70 Prinz Hamlet II 1970-74 Agadir 1974-86
New Owners	Azores Government 1999à	New Names	Golfinho Azul 1999à
Line

She started serving a link between Cuxhaven (Germany) and Bergen (Norway) in 1969 as “Vikingfjord”. Was on this service only for a year, then was chartered many times from 1970: in June to Fred Olsen for the Norway - Holland - England service (before of Blenheim’s delivery), then in October to Moltzau Line for Gedser - Travemunde link, in November to Prinzen Line, being renamed “Prinz Hamlet II” and serving the line Hamburg - Harwich. Three years later the new “Prinz Hamlet” join the fleet, so this ship was sold in 1974 to Cie Marocaine as “Agadir” linking for 12 years France and Morocco. After this long period of service was purchased by Fragline to join the “Eolos” on Adriatic services and renamed “Ouranos” but, opposite to this ship, was registered in Limassol instead of Piraeus. Originally on Patras - Igoumenitsa - Corfu - Brindisi link in 1994 she stopped serving Patras because of Eolos’s sale and the company decision to maintain a daily link from Italy to Greece. In opposition of most Brindisi - Corfu - Igoumenitsa services, the “Ouranos” departed from Italy daily at 20.45 instead of morning departures. In 1999 Fragline bought from Minoan Lines the “Ariadne” and sold this “Ouranos” to Azores Island Government, renaming the new ship as this one and employing her on the same route without giving any notice and still advertising the old “Ouranos” on company brochures: this was a great surprise for passengers arriving to Brindisi for embarkment! Although she is absent from Italy – Greece services since 1999, it seems that in winter she reaches the port of Lavrio for her laid-up period and her dry-dock service.

NORDLANDFÄHRE F/B Vikingfjord – Official Nordlandfähre postcard

PRINZEN LINE F/B Prinz Hamlet II - Photo by courtesy of Micke Asklander

COMANAV F/B Agadir – Official Co.Ma.Nav. postcard

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