MV Avrasya

"Corfu Diamond" redirects here. For other uses, see Corfu (disambiguation).

Summer Star laid up in Eleusis in July 1986
History
Name
  • Lazio (1953–79)
  • Sant Andrea (1979–84)
  • Makedonia (1984–85)
  • Summer Star (1985–86)
  • Corfu Diamond (1986–88)
  • Larnaca Rose (1988–92)
  • Avrasya[1] (1992–96)
  • Cortina (1996–97)
  • Avrasya I (1997)
Owner
  • Tirrenia Di Navigazione SpA (1953–79)
  • unknown (1979–84)
  • Achaid Lines (1984–86)
  • Agapitos Bros (1986–88)
  • Megacycle Shipping Co (1988–94)
  • Mirror Holdings (1993–97)
Operator
  • Tirrenia Di Navigazione SpA (1953–79)
  • unknown (1979–80)
  • Transazul Car Ferries (1980–82)
  • Achaid Lines (1984–85)
  • Panko Inc (1985)
  • Agapitos Bros (1986–88)
  • Megacycle Shipping Co (1988–93)
  • Mirror Holdings (1993–97)
Port of registry
  • Italy Naples (1953–79)
  • Greece Greece (1979–86)
  • Greece Piraeus (1986–88)
  • Cyprus Larnaca (1988–92)
  • Panama Panama City (1992–97)
Route
  • Port Vendres – Puerto de Alcudia (1980–82)
  • Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Brindisi (1984–85)
  • Limassol – Beirut (1985)
  • Brindisi – Patras (1987)
  • Ancona – Kusadasi (1992–93)
BuilderCantieri Navali Riuniti
Yard number201
Launched8 March 1953
Out of service
  • 1982–84
  • 1985–86
  • 1991–92
IdentificationIMO number: 5204558
FateScrapped 1997
General characteristics
Type
  • Passenger ship (1953–67)
  • Ro-Ro ferry (1967–97)
Tonnage
Length116.64 m (382 ft 8 in)
Beam15.96 m (52 ft 4 in)
Draught5.48 m (18 ft 0 in)
Installed power4 diesel engines
PropulsionScrew propeller
Speed16.7 knots (30.9 km/h)
Capacity
  • 677 passengers (1953-67)
  • 1,000 passengers, 110 cars (1967–97)
NotesSisterships: Calabria, Sicilia

Avrasya[2] was a Ro-Ro ferry that was hijacked in the Black Sea hostage crisis of 1996. Originally built in 1953 as the passenger ship Lazio, she was converted to a Ro-Ro ferry in 1967. In 1979, she was sold to Greece and renamed Sant Andrea. A sale in 1984 saw her renamed Makedonia, followed by a chartering in 1985 which saw her renamed Summer Star. A sale in 1986 saw her renamed Corfu Diamond and after a further sale in 1988 she was renamed Larnaca Rose. In 1992, she was sold to Panama and was renamed Avrasya. Following the hijacking incident, she was renamed Cortina, then Avrasya I in 1997. She was sold for scrapping in November 1997.

  1. ^ Case Study: MV Avrasya Hostage Siege
  2. ^ "aydemirler". Aydemirler. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.