MV European Highlander (2002)
MV European Highlander is a ferry operated by P&O Irish Sea on their Cairnryan to Larne service. She is the current flagship of the P&O Irish Sea fleet . European Highlander is an enlarged version of European Causeway, the Highlander being 6 metres longer. Other differences include minor revisions to the passenger deck layout, additional passenger lifts and the use of larger lifeboats rather than Marine evacuation systems. On 7 June 2012, it carried the Olympic Flame across the Irish Sea from Northern Ireland to Scotland.
 European Highlander arriving at Cairnryan, Spring 2005. | |
| History | |
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| Name: | European Highlander |
| Owner: | Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Ltd |
| Operator: |
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| Port of registry: |
Nassau,  Bahamas |
| Route: | Cairnryan-Larne |
| Ordered: | August 2000 |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki, Japan |
| Cost: | £35 million |
| Yard number: | 1069 |
| Launched: | 18 January 2002 |
| Completed: | 2002 |
| Maiden voyage: | Cairnryan - Larne |
| In service: | 3 July 2002 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 21,188 gt |
| Length: | 162.7 m (533.8 ft) |
| Beam: | 23.4 m (76.8 ft) |
| Height: | 32,5 |
| Draught: | 5.00 |
| Draft: | 5.5 m (18.0 ft) |
| Depth: | 5,55m |
| Decks: | 6 |
| Deck clearance: | 5.2m |
| Ramps: | 1 internal fixed |
| Installed power: | 4 x Wärtsilä 12V38 30000kwh |
| Propulsion: | 2 x controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 22.5 kn (42 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
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| Crew: | 57 |
Description
European Highlander is a two propeller, Roll on- Roll off, two compartment passenger and car ferry. She is a sister ship to the European Causeway and is the most powerful ferry on the Irish sea. 2 controllable pitch propellers can sail the ship at 23 knots.[1]
References
- "onboardpoferries.com | European Highlander". www.onboardpoferries.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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