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    Great review Nikos. The Rhapsody is a real delight, although I imagine she was less so for the accountants at SNCM who simply couldn't operate her profitably. I imagine when she sank herself in Marseille harbour and they got an insurance payout they couldn't believe their luck. In fact I can visualise them sneaking down to the quayside and setting her loose in that gale themselves. GNV probably have a better balance of tourists vs freight on the peak season passenger-oriented service they use her for - and of course they picked her up for virtually scrap value.
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    This album on Flickr has a few nice images of and on board the Tipu Sultan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/38523261@N03/albums/72157619775486070
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    The ship in its younger days.
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    Some publicity material from when the ship was new.
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    The Japanese have some more details - http://funekichimurase.lolipop.jp/tokusyuu-5.htm
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    We can play spot the difference as I now have one also from the Norbank 😄
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    Some thoughts on this incident but also some images of the vehicle decks to help visualise the ship more. http://hhvferry.com/blog/?p=7413 The Egnazia and Olympia were converted differently to the Finntrader and Finnpartner and so did not have the cabins at Deck 3a.
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    Here are the Candia/Rethimnon in a brochure for Central Ferry. We can see this model presented in the brochure - is also the same as the one in the Maritime museum in Chania, as shown by the image in the gallery from @georgios express
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    The ship with the Asterion II in earlier times.
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    The sister ship Blue Zephyr was not as fortunate as the Sabrina in finding further use.
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    She is visible on Google Maps here (not sure of the date of this image) - https://www.google.com/maps/place/46°20'08.9"N+30°38'22.0"E/@46.3360757,30.637027,689m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d46.3357905!4d30.6394517
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    Great, yes it looks that way from images
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    You can see in this picture of the Argo (later Rodos) the two golden shachihoko on the ship's bow, similar to the Ionian Island and Ionian Galaxy. In the case of the Argo these were removed before the ship came to Greece and today form a monument in Nagoya port - Picture from - https://ameblo.jp/singapore744/entry-12435618913.html But there are many more images to be found.
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    The ship this weekend - she's in pretty good condition considering the quite difficult conditions of this service. I'm not fully convinced the Greek officers and crew are enjoying the Irish sea weather though
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    For all fans of the great ship, here is her original bell which is now on display in the ferry terminal at Hakodate in Japan together with a picture and explanation.
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    Could they have bought Aqua Myth for parts for the Aqua Star? I hope not but they are largely the same design and have the same engines.
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    Excellent, thank you. Is there any knowledge of why it was removed and why it was placed in a field and forgotten?
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    I'm sure this will be covered somewhere on Shipfriends but I haven't seen it. On Salamina on the road from the church on the hill towards the bay which was the location of the ancient battle is this structure which looks to be the remains of an old ship. Does anyone know what it once was and why it has been left here?
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    Here is a plan showing the arrangement in her final English Channel days, including the lounge below the vehicle deck (the earlier ship, Antrim Princess, had space for cows/cattle down there in the same place). The ship was given quite a large and expensive refit inside in 1984/85 and I imagine this was largely intact when sold to GA Ferries.
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    Hello all Have there been reports on what has become of the Red Star I since she was dragged away to Turkey?
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    I suppose I wondered if this involved ANEK having to charter an Attica ship which would seem a waste of money but perhaps they assess it over the course of a year and see what the overall balance of sailings is. Anyway, glad to see the Kriti I is back now. I'm really rather fond of those two and would be sad to see the Kriti II go for scrap. She was the last Greek ferry I sailed on, last September, (in fact she was the last ship of any kind I sailed on, as of now!) and didn't seem in particularly bad condition given she was withdrawn from service just a couple of weeks later.
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    Is there any news of the Express Pegasus? Have they done any work to repair her since the incident last year?
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    Is there any particular reason why the Nissos Rodos is covering the ANEK schedule to Heraklion rather than one of ANEK's own ships? Do they really not have anything else which is in a fit state for service at the moment or does the Attica/ANEK difference already not matter any more?
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    It's always puzzled me why this happens - any idea what the logic of making these bids is? Either of these would be very good news for the fan of old Sealink train ferries It would be great for the Al Salmy 4 to make a return; I felt had a bit of life left in her when she left Greek waters as the Azoreans seemed happy enough with her turning up each summer. Then again I still bear a grudge that HSW sold the Masarrah 14 years ago when she still seemed to be well filled with passengers every summer morning so perhaps I'm not a good judge of when a ship's time has come. Any more news on what is happening with ANEK?
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