MV Apollo
MV Apollo preparing to dock in Newfoundland. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
| Cost | SEK 25 million |
| Yard number | 0560 |
| Launched | 19 December 1969 |
| Sponsored by | Isabella Myrsten |
| Completed | 2 May 1970 |
| Maiden voyage | 1970 |
| In service | 1970–2019 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2021. |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Passenger ferry |
| Length | 108.7 m (356 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 17.2 m (56 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Depth | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × 4,000 bhp (3,000 kW) 12 cyl. Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz SBV 12M 350 diesel engines 1982 re-engined with 2x 4,500 bhp (3,400 kW) MAN 9L32/36 diesel engines |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
| General characteristics (current) | |
| Type | Passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 108.7 m (356 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 17.2 m (56 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Depth | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Ice class | 1A |
| Installed power | From 1982, 2 × 4,500 bhp 9 cyl. MAN/B&W 9L32/36 |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
MV Apollo was a vehicle/passenger ferry that previously serviced the route between St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador and Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, Canada.