Built as Ibex in 1979, by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Japan,[3] a sister to Puma. She entered service on the Fleetwood-Larne service. In 1984, as Norsea, she was transferred to the North Sea Ferries' Ipswich-Rotterdam (Europoort) service. In 1986, she was rename Norsky, releasing the original name for the new large passenger ferry Norsea.[4] In 1995, she returned to the Irish Sea as Ibex, this time running Liverpool-Dublin. In 1996 she was substantially rebuilt, with a new upper trailer deck.
Renamed European Envoy in 1998, she moved to the Mostyn-Dublin route in 2001. When the operation was sold to Stena Line in April 2004, the ferry was renamed Envoy, laid up and later sold to Trond A Kittelsen Shipping A/S, Norway. They chartered her to Kystlink, for service on Langesund-Hirtshals route. She was sold to Kystlink in October 2004 and had her passenger capacity extended. The service ended in June 2005.
Several charters followed, seeing her on the Liverpool-Dublin service (P&O), and the Lübeck-Mukran-Saint Petersburg-Baltiysk-Lübeck circuit (Transrussia). In September 2005, Envoy was chartered to Nedlines for a new service between IJmuiden and Harwich.
In November 2006, she was sold to DFDS Lisco, who subsequently used her to cover for other vessels on various routes, whilst they were undergoing repairs and maintenance.
european, envoy, iceclass, passenger, ferry, vessel, historyname2011, 2012, reyes, 2004, 2011, envoy, 1998, 2004, european, envoy, 1995, ibex, 1986, norsky, 1984, norsea, 1979, ibexowner2012, 2012, leyal, group, 2006, 2012, dfds, 2004, 2005, kystlink, 1979, 20. MS European Envoy was an Iceclass III Ro Ro Passenger Ferry vessel HistoryName2011 2012 Reyes B 2004 2011 Envoy 1998 2004 European Envoy 1995 98 Ibex 1986 95 Norsky 1984 86 Norsea 1979 84 IbexOwner2012 2012 LEYAL Group 2006 2012 DFDS 2004 2005 Kystlink 1979 2004 P amp O FerriesOperator2004 5 KystlinkRoute2005 IJmuiden and Harwich 2001 04 Mostyn Dublin 1995 2001 Liverpool Dublin 1984 95 Europort Ipswich 1979 84 Fleetwood LarneBuilderMitsui Engineering amp Shipbuilding Tamano JapanYard number1163Launched27 December 1978IdentificationIMO number 7716074 1 FateScrapped 2012General characteristicsTonnage6 310 GTLength150 02 metres 492 2 ft Beam23 metres 75 ft Draft5 1 metres 17 ft Installed power2x Mitsui 12V42MSpeed19 4 knots 22 3 mph Capacity1 500 lanemetres 12 berths from 1996 220 pax 2 Crew36History editBuilt as Ibex in 1979 by Mitsui Engineering amp Shipbuilding Japan 3 a sister to Puma She entered service on the Fleetwood Larne service In 1984 as Norsea she was transferred to the North Sea Ferries Ipswich Rotterdam Europoort service In 1986 she was rename Norsky releasing the original name for the new large passenger ferry Norsea 4 In 1995 she returned to the Irish Sea as Ibex this time running Liverpool Dublin In 1996 she was substantially rebuilt with a new upper trailer deck Renamed European Envoy in 1998 she moved to the Mostyn Dublin route in 2001 When the operation was sold to Stena Line in April 2004 the ferry was renamed Envoy laid up and later sold to Trond A Kittelsen Shipping A S Norway They chartered her to Kystlink for service on Langesund Hirtshals route She was sold to Kystlink in October 2004 and had her passenger capacity extended The service ended in June 2005 Several charters followed seeing her on the Liverpool Dublin service P amp O and the Lubeck Mukran Saint Petersburg Baltiysk Lubeck circuit Transrussia In September 2005 Envoy was chartered to Nedlines for a new service between IJmuiden and Harwich In November 2006 she was sold to DFDS Lisco who subsequently used her to cover for other vessels on various routes whilst they were undergoing repairs and maintenance She was scrapped at Aliaga in January 2012 5 Footnotes edit Envoy 1 Marine Traffic Retrieved 25 February 2012 Reyes B Shipping Database Retrieved 25 February 2012 Envoy Shipspotting Retrieved 25 February 2012 Ibex Simpleon Postcards Retrieved 25 February 2012 European Envoy 7716074 Miramar Ship Index Retrieved 21 July 2020 nbsp This ferry article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MS European Envoy amp oldid 1174099507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
