Betancuria Express
Betancuria Express operating as Leonora Christina | |
History | |
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Name: | Betancuria Express |
Owner: | Fred Olsen Express |
Route: | Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura |
Ordered: | April 2009 |
Builder: | Austal, Perth |
Yard number: | 246 |
Launched: | January 22, 2011 |
Completed: | March 2011 |
Maiden voyage: | May 18, 2011 |
In service: | June 22, 2011 |
Identification: |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type: | + 1A1 HSLC, R2, Passenger Car Ferry A, EO[1] |
Tonnage: | 6,402 bt / 500 nt |
Length: | 112.6 m |
Beam: | 26.2 m |
Height: | 28.5 m |
Draft: | 4.85 m |
Depth: | 8.5 m |
Decks: | 5 (3 car decks / 2 passenger decks |
Ramps: | 2 (stern and bow) |
Installed power: | 4 x MAN 20V 28/33D diesel engines |
Propulsion: | 4 x Rolls Royce KaMeWa 125 SIII waterjets[2] |
Speed: | 40 knots (74 km/h) |
Capacity: | 1400 passengers, 350 cars, 40 trucks |
Crew: | 30 - 35 |
The Betancuria Express is a fast passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Canary Islands ferry company Fred Olsen Express on the route between Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. It was built in 2011 by Austal in Perth, Australia as the Leonora Christina for BornholmerFærgen.
History
The Betancuria Express was built by Austal in Perth, Australia for BornholmerFærgen as the Leonora Christina being completed in March 2011.[3][4] It commenced operating between Rønne in Denmark and Ystad in Sweden in June 2011.
In April 2017 to Fred. Olsen Express although the transfer did not take place until the September 2018[5] It will enter service as theBetancuria Express operating on the route between Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura in October 2018.
Technical information
- faergelejet.dk
- Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
- marinetraffic.com (AIS)
- skibsregister.dma.dk (Søfartstyrelsen).
- austal.com: Data sheet
Video
- Leonora Christina for the first time in "Rønne Havn"
- Villum Clausen og Leonora Christina, for the first time together in "Rønne Havn"
Gallery
- Leonora Christina in the harbour of Rønne.
- Villum Clausen and Leonora Christina for the first timein the harbour of Rønne.
- Leonora Christina in the harbour of Rønne.
- Leonora Christina in the harbour of Rønne.
- Leonora Christina in the harbour of Rønne.
- Leonora Christina in the harbour of Rønne.
- Leonora Christina's bow
- Leonora Christinas stern
- Leonora Christina on her way out of the harbour of Rønne.
References
- ↑ norske veritas
- ↑ www.austal.com Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Delivery of one 113 metre high speed vehicle catamaran ferry
- ↑ Austal Launches its Largest Catamaran MaeineLink January 21, 2011
- ↑ Leonora Christina Austal
- ↑ Leonora Christina has been sold Shippax