MS Phocine
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=}} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header = |Ship country = |Ship flag = 80px |Ship name =*Balder Sten 1985
|Ship owner =*K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2 1985
|Ship operator =*K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2. 1985
|Ship ordered = |Ship builder = Santierul Naval Galatz SA, Romania |Ship yard number = 769 |Ship laid down = |Ship launched = |Ship completed = December 1984 |Ship christened = |Ship renamed = |Ship acquired = |Ship in service = |Ship out of service = |Ship homeport = Hamilton, Bermuda |Ship fate = |Ship status = In service |Ship identification =*{{IMO Number|8009064}}
}} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header = |Header caption = |Ship class = |Ship tonnage = 9,088 GT |Ship displacement = |Ship length = {{convert|121.48|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam = {{convert|21|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height = |Ship draught = {{convert|5.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft = |Ship depth = |Ship ice class = |Ship sail plan = |Ship power =*2 × Krupp 9M453AK 9 cylinder diesel engines,
|Ship propulsion = |Ship speed = {{convert|15.5|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity =*12 passengers,
| abbr=on}} freight lanes, 94 trailers.
|Ship crew = 18 |Ship notes = }} |
The Phocine is a ferry owned by Dart 3 Ltd and currently in service with Seatruck Ferries.
History
Phocine was completed in 1984 as Balder Sten, owned by K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2. She was sold to Navrom and renamed Bazias 3 in 1985 and operated by them until 1991 when she was chartered to Sally Line, being renamed Sally Euroroute in 1993 and used on the Ramsgate–Ostend route.{{cite web | url = http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Dart_3.html| publisher = Simplon Postcards| title = Dart 3| accessdate = 2008-04-30}} In 1996 she was sold to Jacobs Holdings (Dart Line) who used her on the Dartford–Vlissingen and Dartford–Zeebrugge routes, renamed Merle and chartered to Belfast Freight Ferries until 2000, when she was renamed Dart 3 and operated by Dart Line. At some point she was sold to Bid Corp Shipping.
She was chartered to Norse Merchant Ferries in 2000 and used on the Belfast–Heysham route, returning to Dart Line in 2001. As well as her former routes with Dart Line, she was also used on the Dartford–Dunkirk route.{{cite web | url = http://members.lycos.nl/kashunja/Bazias3.htm| publisher = Lycos| title = M/v "Balder Sten" 1984| accessdate = 2008-04-30}} In 2006 she was sold to Dart 3 Ltd and renamed Phocine on charter to Cobelfret Ferries, being used on the North Killingholme Haven–Zeebrugge route. In 2007 she was on charter to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, returning to Cobelfret later in the year being used on the Ostend–Purfleet and Killingholme–Ostend routes.{{cite web | url = http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/balder_sten_1985.htm| publisher = Fakta om Fartyg| title =M/S Balder Sten.|language = Swedish| accessdate = 2008-04-30}} In 2008 she was chartered by Seatruck Ferries{{cite web | url = http://www.ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=8009064&lang=en| publisher = The Ferry Site| title = M/F Phocine| accessdate = 2008-04-30}} to replace Riverdance, Phocine was herself due to be replaced by Clipper Point when that vessel entered service with Seatruck.{{cite web | url = http://www.merseyshipping.co.uk/news/2008/02_2008/022008.htm| publisher = Mersey Shipping| title =Seatruck Ferries| accessdate = 2008-04-30}}
References
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Category:Ships of Seatruck Ferries
Category:Ferries of the United Kingdom