MV Sea Express I
Ex Isla Del Hierro, Duchess of Holland (II)
Edmund Ziegler Collection
Steel single screw motor vessel built in by Schpsw. “Friesland” B.V., Lemmer, Holland. (Yard No 67) as a Roll on/Roll off ship (RO/RO).
Technical Data
- Length: 78.62 m (overall) 68.81 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 14.53 m
- Depth: 8.92 m
- Draught: 4.198 m
- Tonnage: 982 gross/488 net/1454 t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x vee oil 2SA 12 – cylinder MWM diesel
- Power: 2014 kW/2700 bHP
- Speed: 13.24 knots
- Capacity: 6 passengers, 350 lane meters
- Call Sign: PDTJ, EDJK, HP8581,
- IMO Number: 7321116
- Wet. Official Number: 4490 Z GRON 1972
- Port of Registry: Scheveningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Las Palmas/Spain 🇪🇸, Panama / Panama 🇵🇦, La Guaira / Venezuela 🇻🇪, Panama / Panama 🇵🇦
History
Edmund Ziegler Collection
June 8th 1973: Christened and launched by the wife of the director of the Norfolk Line, Mrs. Remeeus.
September 20th 1972: Delivered to Norfolk Line B.V. Scheveningen, Holland.
Courtesy of Pieter Inpyn
September 1973: Services Scheveningen – Great Yarmouth.
Courtesy of Pieter Inpyn
April 1978: Collided with South Pier, Great Yarmouth.
© Gary Markham (Being pumped out on Gas Quay, Great Yarmouth after hitting South Pier inbound and sinking in river. 01/05/1978)
© Simonwp (Scheveningen, September 1979)
1987: Laid up in Scheveningen.
1987: Sold to Lineas Maritimas Hesperides, Las Palmas, Spain and renamed ISLA DEL HIERRO.
October 6th 1987: Arrived Las Palmas.
© Michael Neidig (Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), 18/07/1989)(Left) Edmund Ziegler Collection (Right)
October 26th 1992: En-route from Melilla to Malaga with a load of trailers and trucks, she collided with the breakwater in Malaga and suffered heavy damage. Capsized an abandoned by her owner.
© Javier Bueno Iturbe (Malaga, 28/10/1992)
February 27th 1993: Salvaged.
© Javier Bueno Iturbe (Malaga, 05/03/1993)
October 19th 1993: Towed to Las Piedras for repairs.
November 13th 1993: Repairs began.
March 8th 1996: Advertised “For Sale”.
1996: Sold to Sea Land Maritime Ltd., Panama and renamed SEA EXPRESS I.
October 20th 1998: Suffered engine failure in Port Au Prince, Haiti and was subsequently arrested:
1999: Registered to Destiny Shipping Lines S.A. Panama.
2005: Removed from Lloyds register.
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: Pieter Inpyn, Javier Bueno Iturbe, Gary Markham, Michael Neidig, Simonwp and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)