MS Moby Tommy

Moby Tommy as Ariadne Palace
History
Greece
Name
  • Ariadne
  • Ariadne Palace
OwnerMinoan Lines
Port of registry Greece
Builder
  • Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
  • Geoje, South Korea
Yard number1281
Laid down28 May 2001
Launched18 August 2001
Completed2002
Acquired9 October 2002
Maiden voyage2002
In service2002
Out of service2006
FateSold
Notes[1]
Italy
NameMoby Tommy
OwnerMoby Lines
OperatorMoby Lines
Port of registry Italy, Naples
RoutePiombino-Olbia and Livorno–Olbia
Maiden voyage2006
In service2006
Identification
  • Call sign: ICCS
  • IMO number: 9221310
  • MMSI number: 247186700
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Tonnage26,995 GT
Length212 m (696 ft)
Beam25 m (82 ft)
Draft6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion4 x Wärtsilä 12V46C
Speed31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Capacity2,000 lane meters

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]

Ariadne Palace

Sister ships

  • Mega Express Three
  • Zeus Palace

References

Moby Tommy at Livorno.
  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.

Media related to Moby Tommy (ship, 2002) at Wikimedia Commons

  • M/S Ariadne Palace specifications