MV Nasim II
ex Bardic Ferry
Courtesy of Chris Howell
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1957 at Wm. Denny & Bros., Dumbarton, Scotland (Yard No 1489) as a Passenger/RoRo Cargo/Ferry for the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
Technical Data
- Length: 45 m (overall) 96.62 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth:16.79 m
- Depth: 9.75 m
- Draught: 3.69 – 4.414m
- Tonnage: 2550 – 1595 gross/1150 – 420net/1210 – 1229t deadweight
- Engines: 2 Oil 2SA 10-cylinder Sulzer 10 TD 36 diesels
- Power: 2270 kW/3000 bHP
- Speed: 14 knots
- Capacity: 55 passengers/20 cars/295 metres of cargo (Containers 37 x 26’ & 22 x 20’)
- Call Sign: GWVP, HO-2748
- IMO Number: 5036717
- Official Number: 187633/6837-76
- Port of Registry: London/UK 🇬🇧, Panama 🇵🇦
- Sister Ship: Ionic Ferry (1493)
History
March 1955: Ordered.
March 5th 1957: Launched. ‘World’s first’ commercial Ro-Ro road haulage vehicle ferry.
Dover Ferry Photos Library
August 21st 1957: Left Dumbarton.
Dover Ferry Photos Library (Trials, August 1957)(Left) © Simonwp (Right)
August 23rd 1957: Delivered to Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London, England.
September 2nd 1957: Introduced between Preston – Larne.
October 1957: Served Tilbury – Antwerp.
© Ken Smith (Both)
October 8th 1961 – October 9th 1961: Chartered to British Railways Board for the Stranraer – Larne route. She was especially chartered to carry Bertram Mills circus on two trips (PRINCESS MARGARET unable to transport the whole circus).
Dover Ferry Photos Library
© Jim McFaul
November 1961: Resumed between Preston – Larne.
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February 1967: Served between Preston – Larne/ Belfast.
November 1971: European Ferries Group purchased Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. (Townsend Thoresen).
March 24th 1973: Sailings Preston – Larne withdrawn. Together with IONIC FERRY concentrated service Preston – Belfast.
Courtesy of Ted Ingham (May 1973)
September 7th 1973 – June 29th 1974: Served between Stranraer – Larne.
October 21st 1974: Fully committed to Cairnryan –Larne.
© Robert Turkington (Larne, 1975)
© Ian Collard
1976: Sold to Fratelli Cosulich, Genoa, Italy (Registered to Sea Endurance Shipping Co. SA, Panama) and renamed NASIM II.
1976: Introduced for Neptunia Line between Livorno – Tripoli -Benghazi.
© Chris Howell (Messina, Italy)(Left) 🆕Courtesy of Simonwp (Genoa) (Right)
1983: Laid up at Eleusis Bay, Greece.
© Peter J Fitzpatrick
May 11th 1988: Arrived in Aliaga, Turkey for demolition by Kalkavanlar Gemi Söküm ve Ticaret A.S.
🆕 © Selim San
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Ian Collard, Peter J Fitzpatrick, Fotoflite, Chris Howell, Ted Ingham, Simonwp, Ken Smith, Robert Turkington and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
