MV Lisco Gloria

Coordinates: 54°41′48″N 10°38′48″E / 54.69667°N 10.64667°E / 54.69667; 10.64667
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History
Name
  • Launched as Golfo Dei Coralli
  • 2002–2003: Dana Gloria
  • 2003–2010: Lisco Gloria[2]
Owner
  • 2002: Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Poland
  • 2002: DFDS Tor Line A/S, Denmark
  • 2002–2010: DFDS A/S, Denmark
Operator2003–2010: DFDS Lisco [2]
Port of registry
RouteKiel–Klaipėda
Ordered31 March 1999[2]
BuilderStocznia Szczecinska im. A. Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland
Yard numberB591/I/1[2]
Laid down7 June 1999[1]
Launched27 January 2001
Completed19 July 2002[1]
In service2001–2010
Identification
FateCaught fire on 9 October 2010. Declared constructive total loss and scrapped.
General characteristics (as built)[2]
Tonnage
General characteristics (2002)[2][1]
Type
ROPAX
Tonnage
Length199.1 m (653 ft) (overall)
Beam25 m (82 ft) (moulded)
Draft6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Depth14.2 m (47 ft) (moulded)
Installed power
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity
  • 308 passengers
  • 2,600 lane meters
Crew32

MV Lisco Gloria was a

ROPAX ferry, sailing under a Lithuanian flag for the shipowner DFDS Seaways. An explosive fire engulfed the ship while en route to Klaipėda on 9 October 2010.[3]

Specifications

The ship was built in 2001 at the Szczecin Shipyard as the Golfo Dei Coralli for the shipowner Lloyd Sardegna Compagnia Di Navigazione from Olbia in Italy. She was however not delivered, but instead bought by DFDS on 19 July 2002, and was sailed under a Danish flag as the Dana Gloria. During this time she sailed on the route from Harwich to Esbjerg as the replacement for Dana Anglia.

In June 2003 she was in turn replaced by her

DFDS Lisco
(incorporated into DFDS Seaways in 2010) on the route between Klaipėda and Kiel. The ship had sailed under a Lithuanian flag since 1 June 2003.

2010 fire

On 9 October 2010, the ship was on its way from Kiel to Klaipėda, carrying 204 passengers and 32 crewmembers, mostly Lithuanian citizens. Just after midnight, as the ship was travelling in the

constructive total loss. On 16 February 2011 she began her final journey to Klaipėda where her scrapping was expected to take five months.[9] However, before the scrapping took place the new owner investigated whether the ship could be repaired despite having been declared constructive total loss due to expected repair costs exceeding DKK 450 million.[10] The scrapping began in 2011 and the demolition of the ship was reportedly finished in by early 2012.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lisco Gloria (0240511)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f M/S GOLFO DEI CORALLI (2001), Fakta Om Fartyg. Retrieved 10 October 2010
  3. ^ "Explosion and fire on ferry LISCO Gloria - Maritime Bulletin". Odin.tc. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Ostseefähre geht vor Fehmarn in Flammen auf - Nachrichten Newsticker - dpa_nt - infoline_nt - brennpunkte_nt - WELT ONLINE" (in German). Welt.de. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Brennende Fähre auf der Ostsee: Zweite Explosion auf der "Lisco Gloria"". Stern.De. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Kraftig brand på Östersjöfärja". Nyhetsverket.se. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Saksa rannavalve: terrorirünnak ei ole laevapõlengu põhjuseks". Postimees.ee. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Brændende færge kaster anker ved Langeland". www.nordvestnyt.dk. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  9. ^ Lisco Gloria skrotas i Klaipeda. Sjöfartstidningen, 16 February 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011
  10. ^ Lisco Gloria kan räddas. Sjöfartstidningen, 24 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011
  11. ^ Ausgebrannte «Lisco Gloria» wird endgültig verschrottet. Europe Online Magazine, 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

External links

Media related to Lisco Gloria (ship, 2001) at Wikimedia Commons

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