MS Superfast XI
 Superfast XI underway
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| History | |
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| Name | Superfast XI |
| Owner | Attica Group[1] |
| Operator | Superfast Ferries |
| Port of registry | Piraeus,  Greece[2] |
| Builder | Flender Werft, Germany |
| Yard number | 682 |
| Laid down | 20 September 2000[2] |
| Launched | 3 August 2001[2] |
| Completed | 10 July 2002[2] |
| In service | 2002–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Superfast XI class fast ropax ferry |
| Type | Ro-pax ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 200 m (660 ft) |
| Beam | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Draft | 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Decks | 10 |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | Service 28.6 knots (52.97 km/h; 32.91 mph)[3] |
| Capacity |
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MS Superfast XI is a fast jumbo ropax ferry currently operating between Patras-Igoumenitsa and Ancona under Superfast Ferries. She was built in 2002 by the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) at Kiel, Germany for Attica Group's wholly owned subsidiary Superfast Ferries.
Concept and construction
[edit]The Superfast XI is the first ship in a pair of fast ferries built by HDW for Superfast Ferries' Adriatic Sea services. She was launched on 3 August 2001,[3] and delivered to her owners on 10 July 2002. Her Sister ship is Superfast XII, which was deployed on the same route. Superfast XI is the 11th in a series of 12 similar ferries built for Superfast ferries at various ship yards in Northern Europe.
Service history
[edit]The Superfast XI entered service for Superfast Ferries on 20 July 2002 on the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route, and has remained on this route since.
The ship was also used for a British children's show called Me Too!, which aired between 2006 and 2007 and was used as part of some episodes.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Superfast XI (9227417)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Superfast XI (02112193)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d Asklander, Micke. "M/S Superfast XI (2002)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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