MS Moby Tommy

MS Moby Tommy is a fast passenger roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) cruiseferry, currently owned by the Italy-based shipping company Moby Lines and operated on their Piombino and Livorno–Olbia route. She was built in 2002 by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Geoje, South Korea for the Greek company, Minoan Lines as MS Ariadne Palace.[2][3]

History
Greece
Name:
  • Ariadne
  • Ariadne Palace
Owner: Minoan Lines
Port of registry:  Greece
Builder:
Yard number: 1281
Laid down: 28 May 2001
Launched: 18 August 2001
Acquired: 9 October 2002
In service: 2002
Out of service: 2006
Fate: sold
Notes: [1]
Italy
Name: Moby Tommy
Owner: Moby Lines
Port of registry:  Italy, Naples
Route: Piombino-Olbia and Livorno–Olbia
In service: 2006
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Tonnage: 26,995 GT
Length: 212 m (696 ft)
Beam: 25 m (82 ft)
Draft: 6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion: 4 x Wärtsilä 12V46C
Speed: 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Capacity: 2,000 lane meters

Sister ships
  • MS Oceaneus
  • MS Prometheus

References
  1. "Moby Tommy (1689)". Shippingdatabase.com.
  2. "Simplon Postcards - Moby Tommy". 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  3. "The Ferry Site - M/F Moby Tommy". 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

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