MV Eurovoyager

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Eurovoyager Ostend.jpg
Eurovoyager leaving Ostend for Ramsgate in 2005.
History
Name
  • Prins Albert (1979-1998)
  • Eurovoyager (1998-2012)
  • Voyager (2012)
Owner Hawthorn Shipping Co. Ltd.
Operator Transeuropa Ferries
Port of registry Lome, Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
BuilderBelliard Hoboken, Belgium
Yard number887
Launched14 September 1977
Completed1978
Maiden voyage1978
In service1978
Out of service2012
Identification
FateScrapped in 2012
General characteristics
Tonnage12,110  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length118.4 m (388.5 ft)
Beam23.32 m (76.5 ft)
Draught5.05 m (16.6 ft)
Installed powerTwo Pielstick 18PC2V400
Speed21  kn (38.9 km/h)

The MV Eurovoyager was a freight and passenger ferry which was operated by Transeuropa Ferries.

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History

The Eurovoyager was launched by Belliard Hoboken as the Prins Albert in 1978 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport Belgie on their Ostend to Dover route. [1] In 1994 she was transferred to the Ostend Ramsgate route. [2] In 1998 she was bought by Denval Marine Consultants and renamed Eurovoyager. [3] She was chartered to Sally Line in the same year, but was only used for a few months as in November of the same year she was transferred to Transeuropa Ferries for use on their Ostend Ramsgate route. [4] In July 2009, a Marine Accident Investigation Branch report revealed that Eurovoyager had regularly been operated with her watertight doors open, in breach of maritime regulations. [5] She was scrapped on 27 April 2012 under the name Voyager.

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References

  1. "Eurovoyager". Seaimages. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  2. Dinez, Stephanie (30 December 1999). "Eurovoyager in Ramsgate". Ferries. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  3. Koefoed-Hansen, Michael. "M/F Eurovoyager". The Ferry Site. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  4. Louagie, Mike. "Eurovoyager (1998-2012)". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  5. "Report on the investigation of the entrapment of an engine room fitter in a watertight door on board the ro-ro passenger ship Eurovoyager approaching Ramsgate, UK" (PDF). Marine Accident Investigation Branch . Open Government Licence v3.0. Crown Copyright. 3 November 2008. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.