.jpg) Penelope in 2009.
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Piraeus, Greece |
| Builder | Schichau-Unterweser, Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Yard number | 2256 |
| Launched | 20 December 1974 |
| Maiden voyage | 1975 |
| In service | 1975 |
| Out of service | 2013 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7400261 |
| 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) |
| Capacity |
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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. She was subsequently refloated and repaired, and served the Greek Islands as Penelope, until 2013 when she was scrapped at the Aliaga breakyards (Turkey)
Sister Ships
The European Gateway has three sister ships:
See also
- MS Herald of Free Enterprise - Another ferry owned by Townsend Thoresen which sank.
- Harwich Lifeboat Station for description of The European Gateway Disaster.
References
- ^ "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".
| Ships of Townsend Thoresen (European Ferries Group) | |
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| - Denotes order in which different vessels carried the name - Requisitioned by MoD for Falklands War - Capsized/sunk |
