MV Tasima
Ex Sporades, Pantelleria, Christina Kavada, Tourlaville, Duke of Holland
Edmund Ziegler Collection
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1969 by A. Vuyk & Zonen’s Scheepswerven N.V., Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland (Yard No 829) as a RoRo Cargo vessel
Technical Data
- Length: 74.99 m (overall) 66.81 m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth: 13.75 m
Depth: 8.89 m
Draught: 4.192 m
Tonnage: 758 gross/396 net/1128t deadweight
Engines: 1 Oil 4SA 8-cylinder MWM (Motorenw – Mannheim) diesel
Power: 1790 kW/2400 bHP
Speed: 15.0 knots
Capacity: 12 passengers/ 15 trailers/G: 4412
Call Sign: PDTL, 5BEW, IKPK, XUAU6, SVA3553, EROQ
IMO Number: 6900446 - Official Number (1968): 12626 Z ROTT
Port of Registry: Scheveningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Cherbourg/France 🇫🇷, Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, Trapani/Italy 🇮🇹, Phnom Penh/Cambodia 🇰🇭, Piraeus/Greece 🇬🇷, Giurgiulesti / Moldavia 🇲🇩
History
May 21st 1968: Keel laid.
October 12th 1968: Launched.
January 9th 1969: Delivered to L. Remeeus NV (Norfolk Line B.V). Scheveningen, Holland as their first RoRo vessel.
January 10th 1969: Services between Scheveningen – Great Yarmouth.
Edmund Ziegler Collection
October 1982: Put up “For Sale”.
1982: Sold to Truckline Ferries S.A, France, Paris, France and renamed TOURLAVILLE.
© “Smiler Purdy” (Left) 🆕 Courtesy of Simonwp (Right)
1982: Services Cherbourg – Poole.
June 1984: Sold to Kavu Maritime Co. (Mgrs. Kavadas Geranimos & Bros. Shipping Co. S.A.), Famagusta, Cyprus and renamed CHRISTINA KAVADA.
June 22nd 1984: Left Vlissingen for Greece.
Edmund Ziegler Collection
1984: Services Ravenna – Piraeus.
1986: Sold to Traghetti delle Isole S.p.A. Compagnia di Navigazione, Cagliari, Italy and renamed PANTELLERIA.
1986: Services Marsala – Pantelleria.
© Yvon Perchoc (Trapini, 01/10/1988)(Left) © Benoit Donne (Right)
March 2010: Sold to Agios Riginos Shipping Co, Piraeus, Greece.
May 2010: Renamed SPORADES.
June 2010: Services Volos – Skiathos – Skopelos.
September 8th 2010: Arrived in Volos with engine problems and laid up.
© Dennis Mortimer (Piraeus, 30/12/2010)
November 2010: Chartered out for services between Piraeus – Heraklion. Still owned by Riginos Shipping Co, Piraeus, Greece.
November 11th 2010: Left Volos for Piraeus.
November 12th 2010: Services Piraeus – Heraklion.
December 2011: Renamed TASIMA.
December 7th 2011: Arrived at Kursan GS, Aliaga, Turkey for scrapping.
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