MV Lisco Gloria

History
Name
  • Launched as Golfo Dei Coralli
  • 2002–2003: Dana Gloria
  • 2003–2010: Lisco Gloria[1]
Owner
  • 2002: Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Poland
  • 2002: DFDS Tor Line A/S, Denmark
  • 2002–2010: DFDS A/S, Denmark
Operator2003–2010: DFDS Lisco [1]
Port of registry
RouteKielKlaipėda
Ordered31 March 1999[1]
BuilderStocznia Szczecinska im. A. Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland
Yard numberB591/I/1[1]
Laid down7 June 1999[2]
Launched27 January 2001
Completed19 July 2002[2]
In service2001–2010
Identification
FateCaught fire on 9 October 2010. Declared constructive total loss and scrapped.
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Tonnage
General characteristics (2002)[1][2]
TypeROPAX
Tonnage
Length199.1 m (653 ft) (overall)
Beam25 m (82 ft) (moulded)
Draft6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Depth14.2 m (47 ft) (moulded)
Installed power
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity
  • 308 passengers
  • 2,600 lane meters
Crew32

MV Lisco Gloria was a ROPAX ferry, sailing under a Lithuanian flag for the shipowner DFDS Seaways. An explosive fire engulfed the ship while en route to Klaipėda on 9 October 2010.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f M/S GOLFO DEI CORALLI (2001), Fakta Om Fartyg. Retrieved 10 October 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e "Lisco Gloria (0240511)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Explosion and fire on ferry LISCO Gloria - Maritime Bulletin". Odin.tc. Retrieved 9 October 2010.