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La Meridionale
Compagnie Meridionale de Navigation (CMN)
This page is devoted to postcards of CMN, marketed as "La Meridionale".
An alphabetical list of ships
covered on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official
postcards of the fleet
in chronological order.
The company was formed in 1930, operating small coasters and freighters between Marseille and North Africa. Their first ro-ro ferries were the
Ville d'Ajaccio
and
Ville de Bastia
of 1969/70 (no pstcards availavle yet). A series of larger ferries were acquired up to the
Santa Regina
of 1985, which is still in the current fleet, along with the newer
Scandola
(1992) and
Kalliste
(1993). The three ferries all operate from Marseille to various ports in Corsica and Sardinia, as shown on the colour-coded routes of the map below.
Ships on This Page:-
Girolata (1)
Girolata (2)
Porto Cardo
Rhone
Santa Regina
Scandola
Kalliste
Associated Pages:-
Corsica Ferries
Moby Lines
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other Names
Built
Kalliste
1993
Girolata (1)
Saga Star, Dieppe
1981
Girolata (2)
Aretousa
1995
CMN
Fleet List
Rhone (1975-1975)
Rhone
was built as the
Rhonetal
for Rhienecke of Hamburg. Between December 1970 and May 1974 she served as the
Norcape
with
North Sea Ferries
under charter between Hull and Zeebrugge/Rotterdam. She reverted to the name
Rhonetal
at the end of the charter. In May 1975
Rhonetal
was sold to Co. Meridionale de Navagition (CMN) of Marseille, as the
Rhone
for service between Marseille and Bastia. In 1977,
Rhone
was sold to Societe Slibail, also of Marseille. In 1987,
Rhone
was sold to Compagnia Navigazione del Tirreno Conatir SpA as the
Marina Torre
. She was chartered by
P&O Scottish Ferries
in 1989 for Aberdeen-Lerwick services, and was purchased the following year. She was renamed
St Rognvald (4).
In 2002 she was chartered to Norse Island Ferries, for Aberdeen-Kirkwall services.
The following images of
Rhone
are from the 1984 French film
Marche à l'ombre
.
Scans: Michel (Bastia).
Porto Cardo
(CMN: 1980-99)
4680 grt - 126 m long - 18 knots - 96 passengers - 1120 lanemetres
Porto Cardo
was built in 1980 by Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre. Her sistership is
Monte Stello
of
SNCM
. She was sold in 1999 and renamed
Malta Express
.
This is the official CMN postcard of
Porto Cardo
.
Santa Regina
(CMN: 1985-2002)
13358 grt - 136 m long - 18 knots - 110 passengers - 1346 lanemetres
Santa Regina
operated routes to Calvi, Propriano and Port Torres, as shown on the map above. She was built in 1985 by Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre. Her sistership is
Monte Cinto
of
SNCM
. She was sold to
Strait Shipping
in October 2002, after acquisition of
Girolata
(2)
.
This is the official CMN card of
Santa Regina
.
Santa Regina
previously operated to Bastia, as shown on the Compa Carterie postcard below (serial 206052).
Photograph of
Santa Regina
.
Photo: © Georges Pop - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Official 2007
Strait Shipping
postcard of
Santa Regina
.
Photo: ©
Strait Shipping
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Official 2007
Strait Shipping
postcard of
Santa Regina
.
Photo: ©
Strait Shipping
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Girolata (1)
(CMN: 1988-1993)
Saga Star
was built in 1981 by Fartygsentreprenader Ab, Uddevalla for
TT-Saga Line
services Helsingborg/Malmö/Trelleborg-Travemünde. In 1988
Saga Star
was sold to
CMN
and entered service with them as the
Girolata
in 1989 between Marseille-Bastia. In 1993 she was chartered back to
TT-Line
, reverting to previous name
Saga Star
.
TT-Line
purchased her in 1997. In 2002 she was sold to
Transmanche Ferries
and entered service between Newhaven-Dieppe as the
Dieppe
.
A complete history of this ship is available
on this link
.
Photograph of
Girolata
(ex-
Saga Star
).
Photo: © Edward Brian-Davis.
I do not have a postcard image of
Girolata (1)
yet.
If you can help, please email:
simplon@simplon.co.uk
Scandola
(CMN: 1999- )
Scandola
was built by Van der Gissen de Noord, Holland, in 1993 as the
Via Ligure
of Italian company Viamare. Her sisterships were
Via Adriatico
and
Via Ionio
.
Via Ligure
was sold to Strintzis Lines in 1996 and renamed
Ionian Star
. In 1999 she was sold to CMN and renamed
Scandola
.
Scandola
operates an overnight passenger/freight service between Marseille and Bastia (Corsica). She is 150 metres long, has a capacity of 1400 lane metres, and has berths for 200 passengers.
This is an CMN official postcard of
Scandola.
These photos of
Scandola
were taken at Ajaccio in July 2000 by Ian Boyle.
Kalliste
(CMN: 1993- )
Kalliste
operates an overnight passenger/freight service between Marseille and Bastia (Corsica). She is 165 metres long, has a capacity of 2340 lane metres, and has berths for 196 passengers.
A complete history of this ship is available
on this link
.
This is an CMN official postcard of
Kalliste.
An oversized Editions Subervie postcard of
Kalliste
at Bastia (serial C5065).
An enlarged image of the ship is shown beneath.
The two photos below of
Kalliste
were taken by Ian Boyle at Bastia in August 2001.
Additional photographs of
Kalliste
are show
on this link
.
Girolata (2)
(CMN: 2001- )
Aretousa
was the first purpose-built ship acquired by
Minoan Lines
. Whilst not as fast as later Minoan newbuilds, she was 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 their
Girolata (2)
.
A complete history of this ship is available
on this link
.
Two official CMN postcards of
Girolata (2)
are shown below.
Photograph of
Girolata
at Bastia.
Photo: © Gilles Corrieri.
Photograph of
Girolata
at Bastia.
Photo: © Gilles Corrieri.
Photograph of
Girolata
at Bastia.
Photo: © Pierre Bourdain.
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