Swansea Cork Ferries
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Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
and Cork
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
(Ringaskiddy
Ringaskiddy
Ringaskiddy is a village south of Cork city, in County Cork, Ireland. Located across Cork harbour south from Cóbh, and connected to Cork city by the N28 road the village is now a major ferry port Port of Cork with passenger ferry services to France & the United Kingdom.Ringaskiddy has seen huge...
) from 1987 till 2006. The service is now operated by Fastnet Line
Fastnet Line
Fastnet Line operate a passenger & freight ferry service from Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland to Swansea, Wales.-History:From 1987 to 2006, the Swansea Cork ferry was operated by Swansea Cork Ferries Limited, an Irish-based company. The service ceased operating after the 2006 season...
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History
- 1987 - Swansea Cork Ferries formed following B&I Line's withdrawal from the route four years earlier.
- 1992 - Sold to GreekGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
shipping company Strintzis Lines. - 1999 - Swansea Cork Ferries sold to an Irish business consortiumConsortiumA consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....
. - 2006 - Superferry operates last sailing on 7 October.
Fleet
Swansea Cork Ferries operated four ships during its 20 years in operation.| Ship | Built | In service |
Tonnage | Flag | Notes |
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| Celtic Pride MS Aallotar MS Aallotar was a car-passenger ferry built in 1972 by Dubegion-Normandie S.A., Nantes, France for the Finland Steamship Company, who used her in traffic of the Silja Line marketing company. She was the first car/passenger ferry to operate between Helsinki and Stockholm, and the first ship to offer... |
1972 | 1987-1989 1991 & 1992 |
 Poland |
Scrapped 2004 | |
| Ionian Sun | 1969 | 1990 |  Greece |
Scrapped 2004 | |
| City of Cork MS C.T.M.A. Vacancier MS C.T.M.A. Vacancier is a car/passenger ferry owned by Coopérative de transport maritime et aérien and operated on their Montreal—Cap-aux-Meules service. She was built in 1973 by the J.J. Sietas Schiffswerft in Hamburg, West Germany as Aurella for SF Line for use on Viking Line traffic... |
1973 | 2001 |  Portugal |
Currently operated in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Gulf of Saint Lawrence The Gulf of Saint Lawrence , the world's largest estuary, is the outlet of North America's Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean... for CTMA Coopérative de transport maritime et aérien The Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien is a Canadian transportation company operating in Quebec and Prince Edward Island.Labelling itself Groupe CTMA, the company operates the seasonal ferry service from Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec in the Magdalen Islands to Souris, Prince Edward Island using... |
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| Superferry | 1972 | 1993-2000 2002-2006 |
Greece |
Currently operating in the Red Sea Red Sea The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez... for NAMMA Lines |