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Minoan Lines
Page 2: 1995-
This is the second of two pages devoted to the Minoan Lines Fleet. Earlier ships are covered
on this link
. There is an
Alphabetical List
of ships covered on this page.
The Table
gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official
postcards of the fleet
in chronological order. There is also a brief
Minoan Lines company history
.
Ships on This Page:-
Aretousa
- 1995-2001
Ariadne Palace
- 2002-2006
Ariadne Palace 1
- ex-Oceanus 2002-2003
Europa Palace
- 2000-
Festos Palace
- 2001-
Ikarus
- 1998-
Ikarus Palace
- 1998-
Knossos Palace
- 2000-
Oceanus
- 2001-2002 (renamed Ariadne Palace 1)
Olympia Palace
- 2000-
Pasiphae
- 1998-
Pasiphae Palace
- 1998-
Prometheus
- 2001-2004
Ships on Minoan Lines
Page 1
:-
Agia Galini
Ariadne
Daedalus
El Greco
Erotokritos
Fedra
Festos
King Minos
Knossos
Minos
N. Kazantzakis
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Minoan Lines Page 2
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Minoan Lines Page 3
- Brief Company History
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www.minoan.gr
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Aretousa
Girolata
1995
Ariadne
Tor Hollandia, Ouranos
1967
Festos
Saga, Stena Atlantica, Finnpartner, Olau Finn, Folkliner, Captain Zaman I
1966
Knossos
Svea, Saga, Captain Zaman II
1966
Pasiphae
Pasiphae Palace
1998
Pasiphae Palace
Pasiphae
1998
Minoan Lines Fleet List
Part 2: New Ships Built From 1995
Aretousa (2)
(Minoan Lines: 1995-2001)
Aretousa (2)
was the first purpose-built ship acquired by Minoan Lines. Whilst not as fast as later newbuilds, she is still capable of 25.8 knots. She can carry 1500 passengers and 1000 cars, and was delivered from her builders in Norway in 1995. She is 28417 grt. In 2001 she was sold to
CMN
as the
Girolata
.
An official Minoan Lines postcard of
Aretousa
.
Aretousa
has now received the Minoan Lines' "High Speed" logo, as shown in the official Minoan Lines shown below (English/Greek bilingual card).
Ikarus
Ikarus Palace
(Minoan Lines: 1997- )
Ikarus
and
Pasiphae
were two fast conventional ferries of 30000 grt, delivered in 1998 to Minoan Lines. They have an engine output of 60.000 HP, which allows a service speed of 27 knots. This allows them to cover the Patras - Ancona route in only 19 hours, and the Patras - Venice route in 23 hours. The ships were later renamed
Ikarus Palace
and
Pasiphae Palace.
An official Minoan Lines postcard of
Ikarus
.
This pre-delivery publicity of
Ikarus
and
Pasiphae
picture shows winged funnels similar to the new Superfast ships. These did not appear on the finished ships.
An official Minoan Lines postcard of
Ikarus Palace
.
Scan: John Jones.
Pasiphae
Pasiphae Palace
(Minoan Lines: 1998- )
Ikarus
and
Pasiphae
were two fast conventional ferries of 30000 grt, delivered in 1998 to Minoan Lines. They have an engine output of 60.000 HP, which allows a service speed of 27 knots. This allows them to cover the Patras - Ancona route in only 19 hours, and the Patras - Venice route in 23 hours. The ships were later renamed
Ikarus Palace
and
Pasiphae Palace.
Minoan Lines
'
Pasiphae Palace
at Corfu, 10th August 2006
Photo: ©2006 Copyright Ian Boyle
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Minoan Lines
'
Pasiphae Palace
at Corfu, 10th August 2006
Photo: ©2006 Copyright Ian Boyle
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Knossos Palace
(Minoan Lines: 2000- )
Knossos Palace
is the first of four sisters of 30000 grt, being built by Fincantieri, and was delivered early in 2001. They can carry around 2200 passengers (750 berths) and 600 cars at 31.5 knots. The remaining ships, are the
Festos Palace
,
Olympia Palace
and
Europa Palace
. No cards have been found yet of some of these ships - please contact me if you can supply postcards or scans:
simplon@simplon.co.uk
.
Minoan Lines postcard of
Knossos Palace
.
This photograph of
Knossos Palace
was taken by Mike Tedstone at Piraeus on 18th June 2001.
Knossos Palace
in a photograph by
George Giannakis
.
Olympia Palace
(Minoan Lines: 2000- )
Minoan Lines postcard of
Olympia Palace
Scan: John Camarda
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Olympia Palace
in a photograph by
George Giannakis
.
Europa Palace
(Minoan Lines: 2000- )
This is a Minoan Lines official postcard of
Europa Palace
, the fourth in the series.
Festos Palace
(Minoan Lines: 2001- )
This is a Minoan Lines official postcard of
Festos Palace
, the second of the four sisters.
Minoan Lines postcard of
Festos Palace
.
Different font to the card above.
Photograph of
Festos Palace.
Photo: ©
George Giannakis
.
Photograph of
Festos Palace
at Piraeus, 25th August 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle.
Photograph of
Festos Palace
at Piraeus, 25th August 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle.
Photograph of
Festos Palace
at Piraeus, 25th August 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle.
Photograph of
Festos Palace
.
Photo: © Manos Papadakis.
Prometheus
(Minoan Lines: 2001-2004)
212 m long - 28007 grt - 49680 kW - 28.5 knots - 1300 passengers (500 berths) - 550 cars - 1916 lanemetres
Four 28000 grt ro-pax ferries have been ordered from Samsung, Korea. They can carry 1000 passengers and 580 cars at 31.5 knots. The first,
Prometheus
, was delivered in March 2001. The other ships were announced as
Oceanus
,
Ariadne
and
Kazabtzakis
.
Ariadne
was delivered in 2002 as
Ariadne Palace
.
Prometheus was sold to Caronte Shipping, and then to Grimaldi Lines as the
Eurostar Barcelona
. Three ships were built in this class:
Oceanus
,
Prometheus
and
Ariadne Palace (2)
, all of which have since been sold.
An initial art card has been issued, as shown below.
Prometheus
in a photograph by
George Giannakis
.
Prometheus
Photo: © Daniele Miglio - Scan:
www.faktaomfartyg.se
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Oceanus
Ariadne Palace 1