MS Clipper Pennant

MS Clipper Pennant is a roll-on/roll-off ferry built in 2009 owned by the Clipper Group that has been chartered to a number of operators. As at January 2020, it was operating for P&O Ferries between Liverpool and Dublin.

History
Name: Clipper Pennant
Owner: Clipper Group
Operator: P&O Ferries
Port of registry: Limassol
Route: Heysham - Belfast
Builder: Astilleros de Sevilla
Yard number: 823
Laid down: 15 June 2007
Launched: 15 October 2008
Completed: 24 August 2009
Maiden voyage: 13 October 2009
In service: 13 October 2009
Identification: IMO number: 9372688
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: P Series [1]
Tonnage:
Length: 142 m (465 ft 11 in)
Beam: 23.03 m (75 ft 7 in)
Draft: 5.20 m (17 ft 1 in)
Decks: 3 vehicle decks
Installed power:
  • 2 × Wärtsilä 8L46 diesel engines
  • (16,000 kilowatts (21,000 hp))
Propulsion:
  • 2 × propellers
  • 2 × Wärtsilä CT200 bow thrusters
Speed: 22 knots (25 mph)
Capacity:
  • 12 passengers
  • 120 trailers
Crew: 23

History

Clipper Pennant was built by Astilleros de Huelva, Spain,[2] as yard number 823.[3] Laid down on 15 June 2006 and launched on 15 October 2008, Clipper Pennant was completed on 24 August 2009.[4][5] It arrived in Liverpool on its delivery voyage on 22 September 2009.[6] Homeported in Limassol, Cyprus, she was employed on Seatruck Ferries' Liverpool to Dublin route.[3] Clipper Pennant made her maiden revenue-earning voyage for Seatruck on 13 October 2009.[7]

In May 2012 Clipper Pennant was placed onto Seatruck's Heysham - Warrenpoint route to cover for Seatruck Pace which has gone on charter to DFDS Seaways. It has since operated for Stena Line and Smyril Line, and as at January 2020 was operating Liverpool to Dublin services for P&O Ferries.[8][9]

Description

Clipper Pennant is one of four "P Series" roll-on/roll-off freight ferries. It has a length of 142 metres (466 ft), a beam of 23 metres (75 ft) and a draft of 5.7 metres (19 ft).[4] Det Norske Veritas class the vessel as a 1A1 General Cargo Carrier - with whom Clipper Pennant is allocated the number 27192.

The vessel is powered by two Wärtsilä 8L45D diesel engines which drives two variable pitch propellers. The vessel is also equipped with two Wärtsilä CT200 bow thrusters.[4]

Sister Vessels

References
  1. "Seatruck Power ... Ahead on the Irish Sea" (PDF). Seatruck Ferries. 28 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  2. "Press release: Seatruck orders four new generation freight ro-ros". Seatruck Ferries. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  3. "M/F Clipper Pennant". The Ferry Site. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  4. "Yard (27192)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  5. "CLIPPER PENNANT Launched at Seville Shipyard". Knud E Hansen. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  6. "Clipper Pennant Makes Her Mersey Debut". Irish Sea Shipping. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  7. "News - Irish Sea". Ferry Publications. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  8. P&O Ferries replaces Mistral with Clipper Pennant Shippax 18 December 2019
  9. Clipper Pennant Returns Ships Monthly March 2020 page 11
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