MS European Gateway
Appearance
![]() Penelope in 2009.
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History | |
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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) |
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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 Aliaga breakyards (Turkey)[4]
Sister Ships
[edit]The European Gateway has three sister ships:
See also
[edit]- MS Herald of Free Enterprise - Another ferry owned by Townsend Thoresen which sank.
- Harwich Lifeboat Station for description of The European Gateway Disaster.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Ferry Site - 7400261". Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Russell, Steve (2019-12-19). "Never forgotten: Victims of North Sea disaster off Suffolk". Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ video of the operation starts at 8:08 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tVSJcEDm4, accessed 30 April 2022
- ^ "Lopi - Imo 7400261".
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