MV Moby Corse
ex Pont l’Abbe, Duke of Scandinavia, Dana Anglia
© Simonwp (Harwich, 18/06/1985)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1978 by Aalborg Værft A/S, Ålborg, Denmark. (Yard No 210) as a Passenger/RoRo Cargo Ferry for DFDS A/S, Esbjerg, Denmark
Technical Data
- Length: 152.91 m (overall) 136.51 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 24.92- 26.26 m
- Depth: 8.34 m
- Draught: 5.71 – 6.10 m
- Tonnage: 14399 – 19593 gross/9428 net/3440t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Vee Oil 4SA 18 – cylinder Pielstick/Lindholmen 18PC2 diesels
- Power: 15300 kW/20800 bHP
- Speed: 21.0 knots
- Capacity: 1370 passengers/470 cars/810 lane meters
- Callsign: OZQS, OZQS2, FMIG, ICDS
- MMSI Number: 247279300
- IMO Number: 7615414
- Official Number (LR 1984-85): 6628
- Italian Ship Register Number: 88073
- Port of Registry: Esbjerg/Denmark 🇩🇰, Morlaix/France 🇫🇷, Livorno/Italy 🇮🇹
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History
May 25th 1975: Ordered.
December 21st 1976: Keel laid.
June 24th 1977: Launched.
April 28th 1978: Delivered to DFDS A/S, Esbjerg, Denmark.
May 1st 1978: Left Alborg for London.
May 4th 1978: Christened in London.
© Bob Scott (Gravesend, 04/05/1978)
May 13th 1978: Commenced services Esbjerg – Harwich.
December 29th 1982: Sold to K/F Difko XXI, Esbjerg, Denmark (Danish Investment Fund), re-chartered by DFDS A/S.).
In 1982-3 she was the setting for the second and third series of the soap opera “Triangle“. The ship in the first series was Tor Scandinavia.
© Simonwp (17/06/1984)
© Jorg Seyler
© Ken Larwood (Harwich, April 1986)
January 1987: Short charter to Sealink British Ferries.
© Brian Fisher (April, 1987)
© Ken Larwood
November 23rd 1988 – February 11th 1989: Services Oslo – Copenhagen.
February 12th 1989: Services Esbjerg – Harwich.
Harwich, 07/05/1989 © Tony Garner (Left) and Esbjerg, 01/06/1989 © Simonwp (Right)
December 29th 1989: Sold to DFDS A/S, Esbjerg, Denmark.
© Robert J Smith (Felixstowe, 30/07/1990)
January 20th 1993 – January 31st 1993: Modernised at HDW, Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Germany.
Esbjerg, 02/06/1993 © Carsten Dettmer (Left) and © Ken Larwood (Right)
© Tony Garner (Harwich, 27/05/1995)
January 3rd 1999: Services Esbjerg – Harwich – Ijmuiden.
© Simonwp (Esbjerg, 01/04/1999)
2000: Side-sponsons added at Remontowa Yard, Gdynia, Poland.
September 27th 2002: Final service Esbjerg – Harwich.
September 29th 2002: Arrived Esbjerg from Harwich. Her new name to added to her hull.
September 30th 2002: Left Esbjerg for Copenhagen.
October 1st 2002: Arrived Copenhagen.
October 2nd 2002: Officially renamed DUKE OF SCANDINAVIA and commenced services Copenhagen – Trelleborg – Gdansk.
© Simonwp (Copenhagen, 01/07/2003)
November 23rd 2003: Arrived Copenhagen on her final service from Gdansk.
November 24th 2003: Left Copenhagen for Newcastle.
November 28th 2003: Services Newcastle – Ijmuiden.
© Pieter Inpyn (Ijmuiden, 01/10/2004)
January 2006: Chartered to Brittany Ferries, Morlaix, France.
February 10th 2006: Left Ijmuiden for refit in Frederikshavn.
February 23rd 2006: Left Frederikshavn for Cherbourg.
© Per Jensen (Frederikshavn, 23/02/2006)
February 28th 2006: Renamed PONT L’ABBE.
March 6th 2006: Services Plymouth – Roscoff.
© George Holland (Plymouth, 26/03/2007)
© Marko Stampehl (Plymouth, 06/04/2007)
December 19th 2007: Sold to Brittany Ferries, Morlaix, France.
December 2006: Services Plymouth – St Malo.
© Simonwp (Plymouth, 01/07/2008)
November 2008: Final Brittany Ferries service.
November 12th 2008: Arrived Saint Nazaire and laid up.
November 2009: Sold to Moby S.r.L, Livorno, Italy.
December 2009: Renamed MOBY CORSE.
May 15th 2010: Arrived Toulon.
May 20th 2010: Services Toulon – Bastia (With a day time round trip to Livorno).
September 2014: Chartered to SweOffshore to become an accommodation vessel whilst Siemens Wind power built wind at Sylt.
September 2014: Left Genoa for Esbjerg.
September 24th 2014: Arrived Esbjerg for refit.
2015: Returned to service, between Genoa – Bastia.
© Carsten Dettmer (Genoa, 30/07/2015)
© Nicolas Levy (Bastia)
January 20th 2018: Civitavecchia Cagliari services, replacing AMSICORA.
January 28th 2018: Left Genoa for Civitavecchia.
February 19th 2018: Laid up in Genoa.
March 23rd 2018: Refit in Genoa and resumed services Civitavecchia – (Arbatax) – Cagliari.
April 5th 2018: Off service.
May 16th 2018: Services Genoa – Bastia.
December 24th 2018: Refit in Naples.
© Eerik Laine (Bastia, June 2019)
© Fabian Vornholt (Genoa, 26/07/2019)
September 2019: Commenced services from Genoa or Livorno.
October 7th 2019 – October 17th 2019: Service Livorno – Olbia as replacement for MOBY AKI (pending sale to DFDS).
October 19th 2019: Completed services Livorno – Olbia and went for refit in Genoa.
September 15th 2020: Laid up in Livorno.
December 31st 2020: Services Naples – Cagliari.
January 21st 2021: Came off service and sailed to Civitavecchia being unsuited for the Naples – Cagliari route.
May 6th 2021: Urgently resumed short term services Naples – Cagliari.
June 9th 2021: Refit in Palumbo Shipyards, Valletta.
June 26nd 2021: Took up SNAV services between Ancona – Split.
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: Carsten Dettmer, Brian Fisher, Tony Garner, George Holland, Pieter Inpyn, Per Jensen, Eerik Laine, Ken Larwood, Nicolas Levy, Simonwp, Robert J Smith, Marko Stampehl, Fabian Vornholt and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
lovely to see this ship still in operation