MV Honfleur

MV Honfleur is a roll on/roll off passenger vessel that is laid up at Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft with her future in doubt after contract termination.

History
France
Name: Honfleur
Operator: Unknown
Port of registry: Caen, France
Ordered: 2017
Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany
Cost: Approx. 200€ million
Yard number: 774
Laid down: August 2018
Launched: 14 December 2018
Completed: Unknown
Acquired: Expected 2021[1]
Maiden voyage: Expected 2021
In service: Expected 2021
Identification: IMO number: 9832119
Fate: unfinished
Status: Construction on hold
General characteristics
Class and type: Passenger
Tonnage: 42,400 GT
Length: 187.4 m (615 ft)
Beam: 31 m (102 ft)
Draft: 6.6 m
Installed power: Total shaft power 30 000 kW.
Propulsion: 4x LNG powered engines
Speed: 22 kn
Capacity: 1,680 passengers
Crew: TBA | Approx 130

History

Brittany Ferries ordered Honfleur in June 2017 from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) at a cost of about €200 million.[2][3] Construction began in March 2018 when the first steel was cut, followed by the laying of the keel several months later.[4][5] She was launched in December 2018,[6] and following fitting out was scheduled to be delivered in May 2019 before entering service the following winter season.[5] Once in service, she was to sail between Portsmouth, England and Caen, France.[2]

The completion of construction and fitting out of Honfleur was delayed by several years, and she was still unfinished, with up to a year estimated to remain until delivery, when Brittany Ferries canceled their order for the ship in June 2020.[7] According to FSG, the incomplete vessel was under the shipyard's ownership at the time, leaving her fate unclear.[7]

Design

Honfleur measures 42,400 GT, with a length of 187.4 metres (615 ft), a beam of 31 metres (102 ft), and a draft of 6.6 metres (22 ft).[5] She can carry up to 1,680 passengers, with 261 individual cabins, and has a 2,600 lane meter freight deck, with a capacity of 130 freight trucks, or 550 passenger cars and 64 trucks.[5] She is powered by four liquefied natural gas engines, with an output of about 30,000 kilowatts (40,000 hp), driving electrical generators that power two propellers, giving her a 22 knots (25 mph) service speed.[5][3]

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References
  1. https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/brittany-ferries-la-livraison-du-honfleur-repoussee-2021
  2. "Brittany Ferries confirms order for new LNG passenger ferry". Cruise & Ferry. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. "LNG breakthrough on cross-Channel market". The Motorship. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. "Steel-cutting ceremony for Brittany Ferries' Honfleur". Baird Maritime. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. "Honfleur Passenger and Vehicle Ferry". Ship Technology. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. "Video: Brittany Ferries Launches Its 1st LNG-Powered Ferry". Offshore Energy. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. "Another cancellation blow for German yard". The Motorship. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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