MS Express Aphrodite
Express Aphrodite at Piraeus in 2000. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Operator | Namma Shipping Lines (2007–2021) |
| Port of registry | Gabon (2021) |
| Builder | Aalborg Vaerft, Denmark |
| Yard number | 214 |
| Launched | 17 July 1976 |
| Completed | 1977 |
| Acquired | 1977 |
| Maiden voyage | 1977 |
| In service | 1977-2021 |
| Out of service | December 2021 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7507019 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Gadani, Pakistan, December 2021. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 11,690 GT |
| Length | 129.2 m (423 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 20.6 m (67 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × Stork-Werkspoor 16TM410 |
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The MS Express Aphrodite was a ferry originally named St. Columba. Built in 1977, at the Aalborg Shipyard in Denmark, St. Columba was originally a Sealink UK ferry, operating between Holyhead and Dún Laoghaire in the Irish Sea. She laterally operated between Duba and Jeddah for Namma Shipping Lines. She was beached at Gadani for scrapping in December 2021.