MV Fundy Rose
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| Ordered | November 1998 |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding, Geoje, South Korea |
| Yard number | 7504 |
| Launched | 24 November 1999 |
| Acquired | 12 May 2000 |
| Maiden voyage | May 2000 |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | RO/RO Passenger Vessel |
| Displacement | 6,587 tonnes deadweight (DWT) |
| Length | 124,00 m. |
| Draft | 5,10 m. |
| Propulsion | Wartsila 16560 KW |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
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MV Fundy Rose is a RORO passenger ship owned by the Government of Canada, which is due to enter service with Bay Ferries in 2015 between Saint John, New Brunswick, and Digby, Nova Scotia, replacing the MV Princess of Acadia. The vessel was formerly owned by Attica Group based in Athens, Greece, and was operated under the name Blue Star Ithaki by their subsidiary company Blue Star Ferries between Piraeus, Syros, Tinos and Mykonos under the Greek flag.
History
Blue Star Ithaki was ordered on 30 November 1998 by Blue Star Ferries and was to be constructed by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering based in South Korea, the ships keel was laid on 1 October 1999 and was launched by 24 November 1999. She was then handed over to Blue Star Ferries on 12 May 2000 and entered service between Piraeus and Rhodes later that month.
Sale to Government of Canada
In October 2014, Blue Star Ithaki was sold to the Canadian government. The ship is destined to replace Bay Ferries' current ferry, Princess of Acadia. Blue Star Ithaki began her last journey on the Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos route on 25 October 2014. The vessel's new name Fundy Rose was announced in May 2015.[2] Fundy Rose was unveiled to the public in both Saint John and Digby in mid-July 2015,[1][3] and entered service by the end of the month.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Fundy Rose ferry between Saint John and Digby unveiled". CBC News. July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "Princess of Acadia ferry replacement named Fundy Rose". CBC News. May 8, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "Digby gets a look at the new-to-us ferry the Fundy Rose". The Digby Courier. TC Media. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ Cromwell, Andrew (July 28, 2015). "MV Fundy Rose makes first trip across Bay of Fundy". Global News. Retrieved August 4, 2015.