MS Cruise Ausonia explained
-- commercial vessels -->| Ship Image: | Cruise Ausonia Palermo.png | | Ship Caption: | Cruise Ausonia departing the port of Palermo |
| Ship Name: | - Superfast XII (2002–2018)
- Cruise Ausonia (2018–Present)
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| | Ship Route: | Livorno-Palermo | | Ship Builder: | Flender Werft, Germany | | Ship Yard Number: | 683 | | Ship Laid Down: | 23 November 2000 | | Ship Launched: | 7 December 2001 | | Ship Completed: | 2 October 2002 | | Ship In Service: | 2002–present | | Ship Identification: |
SYCD
| | Ship Status: | In service |
| Ship Class: | Superfast XI class fast ropax ferry | | Ship Type: | Ro-pax ferry | | Ship Length: | 200m (700feet) | | Ship Beam: | 25m (82feet) | | Ship Draft: | 6.4m (21feet)[1] | | Ship Decks: | 10 | | Ship Power: |
| | Ship Propulsion: | - 2 propellers
- 2 bow thrusters
- 1 stern thruster
| | Ship Speed: | Service 28.6kn | | Ship Capacity: | - 1639 passengers
- 774 berths
- 653 cars
- 1920 Lane meters
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MS Cruise Ausonia is a fast Ro-Pax jumbo ferry owned by the Grimaldi Lines and sails on the Livorno-Palermo route. She was built in 2002 for Superfast Ferries as MS Superfast XII by a shipyard in Lübeck, Germany, and is the last vessel of 12. She is a sister ship of Superfast XI.
Superfast XII was on the route Patras–Ancona until March 2009. From March 2009 she operated on the route Piraeus–Heraklion (Crete).From 25 May 2015 she is on route Piraeus-Syros-Patmos-Leros-Kos-Rhodes. Since 2017 she has also been making calls in Kalymnos.
In June 2018 her sale to Grimaldi Group was completed as part of Attica Group takeover of Hellenic Seaways shares from Grimaldi lines.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: M/S Superfast XII (2002) . 8 January 2014 . Asklander . Micke . Fakta om Fartyg . Swedish .
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