MS Danielle Casanova explained
MS Danielle Casanova, is a French
cruiseferry operated by
Corsica Linea. She was built at
Fincantieri in
Ancona, Italy for the French ferry operator
SNCM as
Mediterranee[1] but was renamed after her launch. She was put in 2002 on the
Marseille–
Corsica route,
[2] replacing the former
Danielle Casanova which was put to the Marseille–
Algeria–
Tunisia. The newer
Danielle Casanova was itself later transferred to Corsica Linea's fleet after the bankruptcy of the SNCM in 2016. She then sailed on the Marseille–Tunisia–Algeria route.
[3] Name
The ship is named after Danielle Casanova (9 January 1909 – 9 May 1943), a Corsican hero of the French Resistance during World War II who was captured and deported to Auschwitz where she died.[4]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: M/S Mediterranée (2002).
- Web site: M/S Mediterranée (2002).
- Web site: Your crossings aboard Danielle Casanova.
- Book: Moorehead, C. . A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship and Survival in World War Two . Random House of Canada . 2011 . 978-0-307-36667-2 .
