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==Sister Ships==
==Sister Ships==
The ''European Gateway'' has three sister ships:
The ''European Gateway'' has three sister ships:
* [[MV Gardenia|''European Enterprise'']] - Currently serving as ''Gardenia''
* [[MV Gardenia|''European Enterprise'']]
* [[MV Lina Trader|''European Trader'']] - Currently serving as ''Lina Trader''
* [[MV Lina Trader|''European Trader'']]
* [[MV Via Mare|''European Clearway'']] - Currently serving as ''Via Mare''
* [[MV Via Mare|''European Clearway'']]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 15:22, 4 February 2023

Penelope in 2009
History
Name
  • Penelope (2005-2013)
  • Penelope A (1999-2005)
  • Rostock-Link (1992-1999)
  • Travemünde-Link (1988-1992)
  • Travemünde-Link I (1988)
  • Flavia (1982-1988)
  • European Gateway (1975-1982)
  • European Express (1975) [1]
Owner
Operator
Port of registryPiraeus, Greece[1]
BuilderSchichau-Unterweser, Bremerhaven, Germany[1]
Yard number2256[1]
Launched20 December 1974
In service1975[1]
IdentificationIMO number: 7400261[1]
FateScrapped 15 July 2013
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 3,335 GT (1975-1980)
  • 4,236 GT (1980-1984)
  • 11,335 GT (1984-Present)
Length
  • 117.76 m (386 ft 4 in) (1975-1980)
  • 133.46 m (437 ft 10 in) (1980-Present)
Beam20.27 m (66 ft 6 in)
Draft5.81 m (19 ft 1 in)
Propulsion2 * Stork Werkspoor 9TM410RR
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity
  • Passengers
  • 132 (1975-1980)
  • 326 (1980-1984)
  • 1,100 (1984-Present)
  • Cars - 400

MS European 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 Islands as Penelope, until 2013 when she was scrapped at the Port of Piraeus.[4]

Sister Ships

The European Gateway has three sister ships:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "The Ferry Site - 7400261". Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ Russell, Steve (2019-12-19). "Never forgotten: Victims of North Sea disaster off Suffolk". Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  3. ^ video of the operation starts at 8:08 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tVSJcEDm4, accessed 30 April 2022
  4. ^ "Lopi - Imo 7400261".
Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 7400261.
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