F/B OURANOS
Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Corfu, 29/07/94
|
Ship |
Ouranos (1986) |
Building Spec. |
1969 at Jos L. Meyer, Papenburg, Germany N° 545 |
|
GRT |
3.777 |
DWT |
|
|
Dimensions |
108,11 x 17,4 x 5,97 |
Engines |
2
MAN, 13.400 hp |
|
Speed |
21,5 knots |
Passengers |
1.000 |
|
Beds |
426 |
Cars |
160 |
|
Lane Metres |
|
Sister Ships |
|
|
Registry Port |
Limassol |
Flag |
Cyprus |
|
Former Owners |
Nordlandsfahre
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, respectly 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 mantain 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…
PRINZEN LINE F/B Prinz Hamlet II photo by
courtesy of Micke Asklander
Photo © Per Jensen