MV Moby Corse
MV Santa Cruz | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Ordered | 25 May 1975 |
| Builder | Aalborg Værft, Ålborg, Denmark |
| Yard number | 210 |
| Laid down | 21 May 1976 |
| Launched | 21 June 1977 |
| Christened | 4 May 1978 |
| Acquired | 28 April 1978 |
| In service | 13 May 1978 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7615414 |
| Status | In Service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 152.91 m (501 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 24.19 m (79 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 7.51 m (24 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| General characteristics (after 1993 & 2000 refits) | |
| Tonnage | 18,321 GT |
| Length | 152.91 m (501 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 26.26 m (86 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) |
| Speed | 19.5 kn (36.1 km/h) (service speed) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 120 |
Moby Corse is a ferry owned and operated by Moby Lines. She was built at Aalborg Værft A/S in Denmark for DFDS Seaways as MV Dana Anglia and entered service with them in 1978. She sailed between Esbjerg, Denmark and Harwich, United Kingdom between 1978 and 2002 before being renamed MV Duke of Scandinavia for service between Copenhagen, Denmark and Gdańsk, Poland. She returned to the North Sea in 2003 to sail between Newcastle and IJmuiden.
In 2006 she was chartered by Brittany Ferries to replace the MV Val de Loire, renamed MV Pont L'Abbé. It was announced on 19 December 2007 that the vessel was sold to Brittany Ferries. Her final sailing between Plymouth and Roscoff was on 9 November 2008, after which she was laid up in Saint-Nazaire. In October 2009, the ship was sold to Moby Lines. She was renamed Moby Corse and started the new service from Toulon to Bastia on 1 April 2010. On 1 October it was reported she had been sold to Ferry Med SRL and is to be renamed Santa Cruz.