AF Mia
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 AF Mia as Ikarus Palace
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Icarus |
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| Port of registry | |
| Route | Barcelona–Tanger-Med–Savona–Barcelona |
| Ordered | 1995 |
| Builder | Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway |
| Laid down | 1997 |
| Launched | 5 May 1997 |
| Completed | 1997 |
| Maiden voyage | 1997 |
| In service | 1997 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ro-pax ferry |
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| Length | 200.65 m (658 ft) |
| Beam | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Draught | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Ramps | 2 for vehicles, 1 for passengers |
| Installed power | 11,120 kW @ 428 rpm |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 26.4 knots (48.9 km/h; 30.4 mph) |
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The AF Mia is a RO/PAX ferry operated and owned by Adria Ferries. The ship was built as Ikarus in Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway for Minoan Lines in 1997, and later renamed Ikarus Palace. She has a sister ship Jean Nicoli now with Corsica Linea.
Minoan Lines Career
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Ikarus made her career for Minoan Lines in 1997 and worked the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Venice route for many years with her sister ship Pasiphae. In 2001 both ships were renamed Ikarus Palace and Pasiphae Palace respectively. They worked together for many years on the same route until Pasiphae Palace was sold to SNCM and renamed Jean Nicoli. Ikarus Palace also made worked the Piraeus-Heraklion route replacing another ship of her company. After the arrivals of the newest ships MS Cruise Europa and MS Cruise Olympia, Ikarus Palace was laid-up in Patras and then joined the Patras-Igoumenitsa–Ancona route and subsequently replacing HSF Knossos Palace and HSF Kydon Palace on Piraeus-Heraklion route.
Chartered to Grimaldi Lines
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Ikarus Palace then chartered for Grimaldi Lines. The ship when chartered for Grimaldi Lines began the Livorno–Barcelona–Tangier route. The ship also came many times in Greece to replace other ships of her company. The ship made her last route Patras–Igoumenitsa–Ancona route in 2016 and then sold to Grimaldi Lines and named Cruise Smeralda.
Sold to Adria Ferries
[edit]Cruise Smeralda was sold to Adria Ferries in 2023 and was renamed AF Mia.
Route
[edit]AF Mia currently operates in the following route between Italy and Albania:
References
[edit]- ^ "AF Mia". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "Vulkan RATO S couplings for Grimaldi Group: the story of a conversion (Part One)". Powertrain - Diesel International. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2021-06-09.