 MV Islander in 2025 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas[1] |
| Route | |
| Builder | Volharding Shipyards [nl], Netherlands |
| Yard number | 703 |
| In service | 2005 |
| Identification | |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | ROPAX ferry |
| Tonnage | 13,906 GT |
| Length | 124.9 m (409 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 23.4 m (76 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Decks | 10 |
| Installed power |
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| Speed | 18.8knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph) |
| Capacity |
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MVIslander is aroll-on/roll-offferry operated byBrittany Ferries on routes connectingGuernsey in theChannel Islands toPortsmouth,England andSaint-Malo,France. Built in 2005 as theMS Dueodde forBornholmstrafikken, she has since seen service withStraitNZ asMV Straitsman inNew Zealand between 2010-2023, before being sold toCondor Ferries asCondor Islander. The vessel was renamedIslander in 2025, following the company's majority takeover by Brittany Ferries.
Islander was built in the style ofVan der Giessen de Noord's vessels, alongside her sister shipHammerodde, now namedStena Vinga.
Islander entered service withBornholmstrafikken in 2005 as MSDueodde. AlongsideHammerodde, she operated routes linkingBornholm with the rest ofDenmark.
In 2010, the vessel was sold and shortly entered service withStraitNZ and was renamed MVStraitsman in recognition ofStraitNZ's first vessel, which was in service for 11 years from when the company first launched in 1992.[2]
In March 2023, it was confirmed that the vessel had been secured byCondor Ferries services betweenPortsmouth and theChannel Islands.[3] Shortly afterward, it was announced that the vessel would be renamed asCondor Islander.[4]
The ferry was purchased in a joint venture between Condor and theStates of Guernsey.[5]
In July 2023, the vessel arrived in the Channel Islands after several weeks in a dry dock inEl Astillero, in the north ofSpain. Following refurbishment, she entered service in October 2023.
Following Condor's majority take-over by Brittany Ferries in 2024 and a new 15-year contract agreement with Guernsey, the Condor prefix was dropped fromIslander's name, and the vessel was rebranded into a Brittany Ferries livery inGdańsk, Poland.[6]
Ferry companies of the Channel Islands
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