 Penelope in 2009. | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Piraeus, Greece[1] |
| Builder | Schichau-Unterweser, Bremerhaven, Germany[1] |
| Yard number | 2256[1] |
| Launched | 20 December 1974 |
| Maiden voyage | 1975 |
| In service | 1975[1] |
| Out of service | 2013 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7400261[1] |
| Fate | Scrapped 15 July 2013. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 20.27 m (66 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.81 m (19 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 * Stork Werkspoor 9TM410RR |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Capacity |
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MSEuropean Gateway was a roll-on roll-off (RORO) car and passenger ferry built in 1975, originally owned and operated by Townsend Thoresen. On 19 December 1982, she capsized following a collision with Speedlink Vanguard off Harwich, settling on a sandbank. The ship had 34 passengers and 36 crew at the time. Six people were killed in the capsizing.[2] She was subsequently refloated[3] and repaired, and served the Greek IslandsasPenelope, until 2013 when she was scrapped at the Aliaga breakyards (Turkey)[4]
The European Gateway has three sister ships:
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123 - Denotes order in which different vessels carried the name F - Requisitioned by MoD for Falklands War S - Capsized/sunk |
