MV Fundy Rose (formerly Blue Star Ithaki), coming in to dock at the Digby, Nova Scotia ferry terminal.
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History | |
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Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo, South Korea |
Yard number | 7504[1] |
Laid down | 15 July 1999 |
Launched | 24 November 1999 |
Completed | 12 May 2000[1] |
Acquired | 31 March 2000 |
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Status | In service |
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Class and type | RO/RO Passenger Vessel |
Displacement | 10,193 GT |
Length | 123.8 m (406 ft) |
Beam | 18.9 m (62 ft) |
Draft | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
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Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (service) |
Capacity | 1,317 passengers[2] |
MV Fundy Rose is a RORO passenger ship owned by the Government of Canada, which entered service with Bay Ferries in 2015 between Saint John, New Brunswick, and Digby, Nova Scotia, replacing the MV Princess of Acadia. The vessel was formerly owned by Attica Group based in Athens, Greece, and was operated under the name Blue Star Ithaki by their subsidiary company Blue Star Ferries under the Greek flag.