F/B PRINCESS m

Photo © Fleet File Rotterdam

 

Ship

Princess M(1984)

Building Spec.

1974 at La Rochelle, Pallice, France N° 1212

Call Sign

 

IMO Number

7314979

GRT

6.399

DWT

2.642

Dimensions

109,5 x 17,5 x 4,83

Engines

2 SEMT-Pielstick, 5.885 kW

Speed

19 knots

Passengers

864

Beds

410

Cars

235

Lane Metres

 

Sister Ships

 

Registry Port

Limassol

Flag

Cyprus

Former Owners

Brittany Ferries 1974-84

Sverige – Norge Linjen 1984

Former Names

Penn-Ar-Bed 1974-84

Sveno Marina 1984

New Owners

Alimar 1989-95

Spatalisano 1995-98

Naif Marine Services 1998-04

New Names

Lilly R. 1989-96

Princess 1996-98

Jabal Ali 1998-01

Jabal Ali 1 2001-04

Line

 

 

 

Third member of Marlines family, joined the three-colour fleet in 1986. Previously owned by Brittany Ferries, ehich collected her in 1974 from the French yards “La Rochelle” was deployed on the lines Plymouth (GBR) – Roscoff (FRA) then Plymouth – St. Malo (FRA); was then sold to Sverige – Norge Linjen for the Langesund – Stromstad link. In 1985, after her purchase, was considerably refitted with the addiction of a big superstructure at stern, increasing the passenger capacity, which raised to 864 with 410 beds; on the top deck also a small pool was added. The GRT rose to 6.399 tons from 3.495. Deployed on Ancona – Igoumenitsa – Patras line, was joined the following year by the “Countess M” which, although older, was far interesting and luxurious after her refit; probably for this reason in 1989 Marlines decided to sold her to the Italian company Rodriquez Alimar. For the Italian company was employed on strange long routes between Leghorn, Barcelona and other ports as Tunis, Naples or Eolie islands; resold in 1995 to Spatalisano, was pioneer on various unsuccesfull services; after the 1995 summer between Bari and Cesme was moved to a strange Taranto – Igoumnitsa link, then between Malta and Tunis, prior to be arrested on August 1996. In 1998 was sold to the Arabian company Naif Marine Services for the line between United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Iraq, joined in 2001 bu the former ANEK ferries “Candia” and “Rethimnon”. Was scrapped in 2004 being only 30 years old.

    

BRITTANY FERRIES F/B Penn-Ar-Bed photo from Pieter Inpijn’s collection

 

BRITTANY FERRIES F/B Penn-Ar-Bed photo from Pieter Inpijn’s collection

 

 

 

MAREMAR F/B Princess photo from Pieter Inpijn‘s collection

 

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