HSF Cruise Bonaria
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| Port of registry | Heraklio, Greece (2000–2020) Palermo, Italy (2020–present) |
| Route | Patras-Igoumenitsa-Brindisi |
| Builder | Sestri Ponente shipyards |
| Yard number | 6059 |
| Launched | 28 June 2000 |
| Completed | 2000 |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ro-pax ferry |
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| Length | 214 m (702 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 26.4 m (86 ft 7 in) |
| Height | 7.10 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Ramps | Two |
| Installed power | Four diesel engines, 67,517 kW (combined) |
| Speed | 31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph) |
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HSF Cruise Bonaria is a Ro-Pax high speed ferry, built in 2000 at the Sestri Ponente shipyards by Fincantieri and owned by Grimaldi Lines previously owned by Minoan Lines as Knossos Palace. It can accommodate up to 2,500 passengers and 700 cars, and has 758 beds plus 742 airseats for passengers. The vessel is powered by four Wärtsilä 16V46C diesel engines with a combined power of 67,517 kW (90,542 hp), which give her a top speed of 31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph). In November 2020 Minoan Lines announced that Knossos Palace exchanged with her former ship Cruise Bonaria previously named Olympia Palace. The first sold to Grimaldi Lines and renamed it Cruise Bonaria and the other one renamed Knossos Palace. The former Knossos Palace was under the Minoan Lines 20 years. For 20 years did the Piraeus-Heraklion route. The ship left Greece on 24 November and arrived at Napoli, Italy after two days.