Betancuria Express

Betancuria Express operating as Leonora Christina
History
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:
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

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References

  1. ↑ norske veritas
  2. ↑ www.austal.com Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Delivery of one 113 metre high speed vehicle catamaran ferry
  3. ↑ Austal Launches its Largest Catamaran MaeineLink January 21, 2011
  4. ↑ Leonora Christina Austal
  5. ↑ Leonora Christina has been sold Shippax

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