This page is devoted to
postcards and photographs of Naviera Armas. An alphabetical list of ships covered on this page is shown
below. The
Table beneath gives
links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual
ships. Below the table are ships
of the fleet in
alphabetical order.
Volcan de Tahiche was built as Guadalvar
for Spanish operator Navieria Cru S.A. She later sailed as Portbury
and Isla de Tenerife for other Spanish companies. In 1995,
she was bought by Antonio Naviera Armas Curbelo S.A., and renamed
Volcan de Tahiche.
This
is an official Naviera Armas publicity photograph.
Volcan
de Tamasite (1) berthed
at Morro Jable in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, January 2004.
Photo:
© Juan Manuel Lopez.
Volcan de Tindaya (1)
(1996-2003)
Mar
D'Canal (2003- )
Volcan de Tindaya (1) was built as the Skudenes
of Stavangerske in 1970. Skudenes ran between Stavanger
and Skudeneshavn. She later sailed as Ryfylke, also on
Norwegian coastal servuces. In 1990 she was sold to PITRA as
the Pitiusas, followed by sale to Naviera Armas in 1996
as Volcan de Tindaya (1). Volcan de Tindaya operated
between Corralejo and Playa Blanca in the Canary Islands. Volcan
de Tindaya (1) was replcaed by Volcan de Tindaya (2) in 2003. In summer 2003, Volcan
de Tindaya (1) was renamed Mar D'Canal, and began
operating between Mindelo and Porto Novo in the Cape Verde Islands.
Volcan de Tenagua was built as Botnia in
1967 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab Shipyard, Helsinki. She entered
service with Oy Siljavarustamo/Ab Siljarederiet on Silja Line services between Åbo-Mariehamn/Långnäs-Stockholm.
Her sister was Floria, later Villa De Agaete. In 1970, Botnia was sold to Ångfartygs Ab Bore, remaining on the same Silja Line services. In 1975 Botnia was sold to Trasmediterránea and renamed Ciudad de la Laguna
for Canary islands and Balearic Islands services. In 1999 Ciudad
de la Laguna was sold to Naviera Armas and renamed Volcan
de Tenagua. She was used for local 1-day cruises in the Canary
islands from las Palmas De Gran Canaria.
This
is an official Naviera Armas publicity photograph.
Volcan de Tacande was built as the Stena Danica by Brodogradiliste Jozo Lozovina
Mosor, Trogir, Yugoslavia, one of four similar ships delivered
to Stena Line between 1972-74. Stena Jutlandica and Stena Danica carried 1800 passengers with 105 berths on the
shorter Göteborg-Frederikshavn route, whilst Stena OlympicaandStena
Scandinavicacarried 1500 passengers with 870
berths on the longer Göteborg-Kiel route. The former pair
were later enlarged with the addition of a second full-height
trailer deck by Stena, whereas the the latter pair were stretched
with new centre sections by subsequent owners.
Stena
Danica entered
service with Stena Line in 1974 between Göteborg and Frederikshavn.
In 1977, a second full height car deck was added, after which
she returned to the Göteborg-Frederikshavn route. In 1981
Stena
Danica was
renamed Stena
Nordica. In
1983 Stena Nordica was chartered to Regie voor Maritiem
Transport, Oostende, Belgium (RTM), for service between Oostende-Dover.
In 1984, Stena
Nordica was
renamed Stena
Nautica. The
RTM charter ended in 1986, and Stena Nautica was transferred to Stena Cargo
and laid up in Göteborg.
In 1987, Stena Nautica was chartered to SNCF for service
between Newhaven-Dieppe as the Versailles. She was purchased the following year. In 1992
Versailles was chartered to Sealink Stena
Line as the Stena
Londoner, remaining
on the Newhaven-Dieppe service. The charter was ended in 1996,
and Stena
Londoner moved
to the Dover-Calais route with SeaFrance as the SeaFrance
Monet. She
suffered from recurrent engine problems, and spent much of her
time laid up at Dunkerque. In 2000 SeaFrance Monet was sold to Naviera Armas S.A.
and sailed to Vigo for refurbishing, re-entering service on Canary
Islands services as theVolcan de Tacande in September 2000.
A complete
history of this ship is available on this link.
This
is Photo Tropic serial number T341 of Volcan de Tacande.
Photo:
Gerd Kretzschmar (Edition of 250)
Volcan
de Tacande
at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 30th December 2001.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 30th December 2001.
Volcan
de Tacande
at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 30th December 2001.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 30th December 2001.
Volcan de Tauro (2000-2003)
Volcan de Tauro was built in 2000 by Rodriguez
Cantieri Navali SpA, Pietra Ligure, Italy. She entered service
between Las Palmas-Tenerife. Naviera Armas policy is to use conventional
ferries, and Volcan de Tauro was laid up then sold to
Balearia Eurolineas Maritimes, Palma de Mallorca as the Al-Sabini.
She serves on a route Denia-Ibiza-Palma de Mallorca.
These
is an official Naviera Armas publicity images.
Volcan de Tindaya (2)
(2003- )
3500 grt - 78
m long - 2x Wärtsilä diesels totalling 5200 kW=16 knots
- 700 passengers - 120 cars
Volcan de Tindaya (2) was built in 2003 by Hijos de
J. Barreras S.A., Vigo, to replace Volcan de Tindaya (1) on the Coralejo-Costa Blanca service.
Official
Naviera Armas photo of Volcan de Tindaya (2) at Vigo.
Volcan de Tamasite (2)
(2004- )
Volcan
de Timanfaya (2004- )
17300 grt - 143
m long - 2x diesels totalling 22500 hp=23 knots - 1500 passengers
- 300 cars
Two new ships are under
construction in 2003 by Hijos de J. Barreras S.A., Vigo, for
delivery in April and October 2004. Volcan de Tamasite (2)
relaces Volcan
de Tamasite (1),
which was renamed Tamasite to release the name, and will
operate between Las Palmas and Morrojable.