MS Santa Regina
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| Name: | MV Santa Regina |
| Operator: | Strait Shipping |
| Port of registry: |  New Zealand |
| Builder: | Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France |
| Launched: | 1985 |
| In service: | 2002 (began service in New Zealand) |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
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| Type: | Roll-on/roll-off ferry |
| Tonnage: | 14,588 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 137 m (449 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Pielstick diesel engines |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Capacity: | 370 passengers 1,300 m (4,265 ft) lane for vehicles |
MV Santa Regina is a roll-on/roll-off ferry in service for Strait Shipping Ltd in New Zealand. The ferry was built for overnight services between Marseille and Corsica in the Mediterranean.The Santa Regina is the flagship vessel for Bluebridge, a ferry service that runs from Wellington to Picton up to 4 times a day. Bluebridge is competition for the long running Interislander line that has always provided transport across the Cook Strait.
[edit] External links
- Strait Shipping - Santa Regina information
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