 MVFundy Rose (formerlyBlue Star Ithaki), coming in to dock at the Digby, Nova Scotia ferry terminal. | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Route |
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| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo, South Korea |
| Yard number | 7504[1] |
| Laid down | 15 July 1999 |
| Launched | 24 November 1999 |
| Completed | 12 May 2000[1] |
| Acquired | 31 March 2000 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | RO/RO Passenger Vessel |
| Displacement | 10,193 GT |
| Length | 123.8 m (406 ft) |
| Beam | 18.9 m (62 ft) |
| Draft | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (service) |
| Capacity | 1,317 passengers[2] |
MVFundy Rose is aRORO passenger ship owned by the Government of Canada, which entered service withBay Ferries in 2015 betweenSaint John, New Brunswick, andDigby, Nova Scotia, replacing theMVPrincess of Acadia. The vessel was formerly owned byAttica Group based inAthens,Greece, and was operated under the nameBlue Star Ithaki by their subsidiary companyBlue Star Ferries under the Greek flag.
Blue Star Ithaki was ordered by Greek shipownerStrintzis Lines fromDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.[3] Her keel was laid on 15 July 1999 at Daewoo'sOkpo shipyard, she was launched on 24 November, and was handed over to her owners on 31 March 2000, though construction work continued until May.[1][4] While she was under construction,Attica Group acquired Strintzis Lines and launched the Blue Star Ferries brand, under which nameBlue Star Ithaki entered service.[4] She was homeported inPiraeus, Greece, and operated on routes fromPiraeus to the islands ofSyros,Tinos andMykonos.[3]
In October 2014,Blue Star Ithaki was sold to the Canadian government. The ship has replacedBay Ferries' former ferry, the formerCanadian Pacific shipPrincess of Acadia.Blue Star Ithaki began her last journey on the Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos route on 25 October 2014. The vessel's new nameFundy Rose was announced in May 2015.[5]Fundy Rose was unveiled to the public in both Saint John and Digby in mid-July 2015,[2][6] and entered service by the end of the month.[7]
The new name was taken from The Bay of Fundy, where she operates, and fromRose Fortune, a woman born into slavery in the U.S. She escaped with her family arriving inAnnapolis Royal (an historic village close to Digby) in the 1780s as a ten-year-old girl.[8]
Fundy Rose measures 10,193GT and has been configured during her career to have adeadweight tonnage of between 1,410 and 1,857 DWT.[1][3] She is 123.8 metres (406 ft) long, with a beam of 18.9 metres (62 ft) and a draft of 4.9 metres (16 ft).[3] Her main propulsion power comes from fourWärtsilä NSD 9L32 engines, which generate 4,140 kilowatts (5,550 hp) apiece and drive two propeller that giver her a service speed of 24 knots (28 mph) and a maximum speed of 25 knots (29 mph).[3] In Greek service she had a passenger capacity of about 1,500; as configured for Canadian service she can carry 1,317 passengers.[2]
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