MS Danielle Casanova

MS Danielle Casanova, is a French cruiseferry operated by Corsica Linea. She was built at Fincantieri in Ancona, Italy for the French ferry operator SNCM as Mediterranee[1] but was renamed after her launch. She was put in 2002 on the Marseille–Corsica route,[2] replacing the former Danielle Casanova which was put to the Marseille–Algeria–Tunisia. The newer Danielle Casanova was itself later transferred to Corsica Linea's fleet after the bankruptcy of the SNCM in 2016. She then sailed on the Marseille–Tunisia–Algeria route.[3]

History
Name
  • Under construction: Mediterranee
  • 2002–onwards: Danielle Casanova
Owner
  • 2002–2016: SNCM
  • 2016–onwards: Robin de Malet Fiduciaire
Operator
  • 2002–2016: SNCM
  • 2016–onwards: Corsica Linea
Port of registryAjaccio,  France
Ordered23 March 2000
BuilderFincantieri, Ancona,  Italy
Cost€150 M
Yard number6081
Laid down28 February 2001
Launched28 November 2001
Completed26 June 2002
Maiden voyage5 July 2002
In service2002–present
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
TypeCruiseferry
Tonnage41,447 GT
Length176 m (577 ft 5 in)
Beam30.4 m (99 ft 9 in)
Draught6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Installed power
PropulsionTwo shafts; controllable pitch propellers
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity
  • 2,400 passengers
  • 1,860 passenger beds
  • 700 vehicles (1000 lane meters)
Crew172

Name

The ship is named after Danielle Casanova (9 January 1909 – 9 May 1943), a Corsican hero of the French Resistance during World War II who was captured and deported to Auschwitz where she died.[4]

See also

References
  1. "M/S Mediterranée (2002)".
  2. "M/S Mediterranée (2002)".
  3. "Your crossings aboard Danielle Casanova".
  4. Moorehead, C. (2011). A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship and Survival in World War Two. Random House of Canada. ISBN 978-0-307-36667-2.
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