MS Superfast XI

Superfast XI underway
History
Name	Superfast XI
Owner	Attica Group[2]
Operator	Superfast Ferries
Port of registry	Piraeus,  Greece[1]
Builder	Flender Werft, Germany
Yard number	682
Laid down	20 September 2000[1]
Launched	3 August 2001[1]
Completed	10 July 2002[1]
In service	2002–present
Identification	IMO number: 9227417 Call sign: SYCF MMSI number: 239918000
Status	In service
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Superfast XI class fast ropax ferry
Type	Ro-pax ferry
Tonnage	30,902 GT 6,678 DWT
Length	200 m (660 ft)
Beam	25 m (82 ft)
Draft	6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)
Decks	10
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä 12V46C diesels combined 48000 kW[3]
Propulsion	2 propellers 3 bow thrusters 1 stern thruster
Speed	Service 28.6 knots (52.97 km/h; 32.91 mph)[3]
Capacity	1427 passengers 774 berths 653 cars 1920 Lane meters[3]

MS Superfast XI is a fast jumbo ropax ferry currently operating between Patras-Igoumenitsa and Ancona under Superfast Ferries. She was built in 2002 by the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) at Kiel, Germany for Attica Group's wholly owned subsidiary Superfast Ferries.

Concept and construction[]

The Superfast XI is the first ship in a pair of fast ferries built by HDW for Superfast Ferries' Adriatic Sea services. She was launched on 3 August 2001,^[3] and delivered to her owners on 10 July 2002. Her Sister ship is Superfast XII, which is deployed on the same route. Superfast XI is the 11th in a series of 12 similar ferries built for Superfast ferries at various ship yards in Northern Europe.

Service history[]

The Superfast XI entered service for Superfast Ferries on 20 July 2002 on the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route, and has remained on this route since.

The ship was also used for a British children's show called Me Too!, which aired between 2006 and 2007 and was used as part of some episodes.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• |10/7/2002 Delivery of SUPERFAST XI

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