HSC Silvia Ana L

History
Name	Silvia Ana L
Owner	1996–2000: Buquebus; 2000–2005: MDFC Aircraft; 2005–2007: Color Line; 2007–present: Buquebus;
Route	Buenos Aires—Montevideo
Builder	Bazan - San Fernando Shipyard, Cadiz, Spain
Launched	2 July 1996
In service	1996
Homeport	Montevideo, Uruguay
Identification	IMO number: 9119385
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,895 GT
Length	410 ft 1.25 in (125.00 m); 125 m (410.10 ft);
Beam	61 ft 4.25 in (18.70 m); 18.7 m (61.35 ft);
Depth	8 ft 2.5 in (2.50 m); 2.5 m (8.20 ft);
Propulsion	6 × Caterpillar 3616TA diesels; combined 33900 kW;
Speed	38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Capacity	1,200 passengers; 202 cars;

HSC Silvia Ana L (marketed as Silvia Ana) was a high-speed ferry owned and operated by Color Line on a route connecting Kristiansand, Norway to Hirtshals, Denmark. She was built in 1996 by Bazans Fernando Shipyard, Cadiz, Spain for the Uruguay-based Buquebus. She is the second largest one-fuselage high speed ferry in the world.^[1] It is now part of Buquebus.

History

The Silvia Ana L was delivered in December 1996 to Los Cipreres for Buquebus traffic between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Piriapolis, Uruguay. She was originally registered in Montevideo, Uruguay. In March–April 1997 the ship was upgraded in Cadiz, after which her home port was changed to Nassau, Bahamas. From that year onward she was chartered to Color Line between April and September each year, who used her on the Kristiansand—Hirtshals route. For the rest of the year she returned to Los Cipreres' Buenos Aires—Uruguay services. This arrangement continued until April 2000, when the ship was sold to MDFC Aircraft.^[2]

Following the purchase by MDFC Aircraft the Silvia Ana L was again chartered to Color Line, who continued to operate her on the Kristiansand—Hirsthals route.^[2] Color bought the ship in 2005.^{[citation needed]} In October 2007 the ship collided with M/S Stena Danica in Fredrikshavn harbour while en route to Örskov shipyard, Fredrikshavn.^[2] On 13 November 2007 the Silvia Ana L was sold to Buquebus, and entered service with them on 12 December 2007.^[2]^[3] On 15 December 2007, the Silvia Ana L began work on the fast speed ferry service from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and to Colonia del Sacramento.

References

^ Color Line: F/F Silvia Ana Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 10. 10. 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (in Swedish) Fakta om Fartyg: HSC Silvia Ana L (1996), retrieved 10. 10. 2007
^ (in Norwegian) Color Line press release 13. 11. 2007: Color Lines hurtigferge Silvia Ana er solgt Archived 14 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 21. 11. 2007

External links

Buquebus (Company website)

[Color-1] Color Line: F/F Silvia Ana Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 10. 10. 2007

[FoF-2] (in Swedish) Fakta om Fartyg: HSC Silvia Ana L (1996), retrieved 10. 10. 2007

[3] (in Norwegian) Color Line press release 13. 11. 2007: Color Lines hurtigferge Silvia Ana er solgt Archived 14 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 21. 11. 2007

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