![]() Celtic Star entering Dublin 25-1-08
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History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Kanda Zosencho K.K., Kawajiri, Japan[1] |
Yard number | 337[1] |
Launched | 1 August 1991[1] |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey 2014 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 11,086 GT |
Length | 136 m (446 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 20.50 m (67 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 6.70 m (22 ft 0 in) |
Installed power | 13,240 kilowatts (17,760 hp) |
Propulsion | 2 x Pielstick diesel engines |
Speed | 20.8 kt[1] |
Capacity | 12 passengers,[1] 53 trailers |
The MV Ippotis was a roll-on/roll-off ferry owned and operated by Eptanisos Maritime on the Ibiza–Barcelona route.
Ippotis was launched in 1991 as the Kosei Maru for Kanko Kisen KK.
Shortly after entering service with East Coast, Celtic Star ran aground.[3]
On 30 November 2006, eight trailers were washed overboard on a crossing from Dublin to Liverpool.[4][5]
On 1 February 2010, Celtic Star came into contact with a buoy in the Mersey estuary.[6]