Express Artemis at Piraeus in 2000.
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Port of registry |
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Builder | DCNS Arsenal de la Marine Shipyards |
Yard number | CF1 |
Launched | 29 April 1972 |
Completed | 1972 |
Acquired | 6 June 1972 |
Maiden voyage | 1972 |
In service | 16 June 1972 |
Out of service | 2015 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk in Piraeus in 2016, scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey in 2017. |
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Tonnage | 5,590 GRT |
Length | 110m |
Draught | 11.23m |
Speed | 19.5 knots |
MV Agios Georgios, also known as MV Panagia Tinou, was a historic roll on roll off ferry launched in 1972 as MV Hengist. She was designed to operate across the English Channel and served the Folkestone-Boulogne route until 1991. In 1987, she was beached as a result of the great storm of 1987.[1] She served with several operators before being sold to Vaggelis Ventouris in 2004 to serve the Greek islands.[2][3]
In April 2016, she sank while docked in Piraeus.[4] The ship was refloated in February 2017 and was scrapped in the same year.[5]
Media related to IMO 7205063 at Wikimedia Commons
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