MF Vis

MF Vis in Dubrovnik
History
Denmark
Name	MF Sydfyn
Owner	Færgefart Nordic
Operator	Færgefart Nordic
Port of registry	Denmark
Route	Gelting – Faaborg
Builder	Flensburger Schiffbaugesellschaft
Launched	12 April 1965
Maiden voyage	31 August 1965
Out of service	1976
Fate	Sold to Jadrolinija
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Name	MF Vis
Owner	Jadrolinija
Operator	Jadrolinija
Port of registry	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Route	Split – Hvar – Vis
Maiden voyage	1976
Out of service	1991
Fate	Transferred under Croatian flag
Croatia
Name	MF Vis
Owner	Jadrolinija
Operator	Jadrolinija
Port of registry	Croatia
Route	Split – Hvar – Vis (1991–2000) Split – Hvar – Vela Luka (2000–2004) Dubrovnik – Sobra
Maiden voyage	1991
Out of service	2011
Fate	Sold to Tuninha Transporte Maritimo
Cape Verde
Name	MF Vicente
Owner	Tuninha Transporte Maritimo
Operator	Tuninha Transporte Maritimo
Port of registry	Cape Verde
Maiden voyage	2011
Out of service	January 8, 2015
Identification	IMO number: 6518279 Callsign: D4GL
Fate	Sunk on 8 January 2015
General characteristics
Length	187.0 ft (57.0 m)
Beam	48.9 ft (14.90 m)
Draught	10.8 ft (3.29 m)
Capacity	500 passengers and 56 cars

The MF Vis is a passenger and vehicle ferry built in 1965 by the shipyards Flensburger Schiffbaugesellschaft of Flensburg. It was launched on 12 April 1965 and placed in service on August 31, 1965 as Sydfyn by Færgefart Nordic.

History

The Sydfyn is a ferry built in 1965 by the shipyards Flensburger Schiffbaugesellschaft of Flensburg. It was launched on 12 April 1965 and placed in service on 31 August 1965 as Sydfyn by Færgefart Nordic between Gelting and Faaborg. It leave this itinerary only between 1 February and 10 March 1967, when it was operated by OP-Linien and used between Kastrup and Malmö.

On 11 April 1965, it was sold to Jadrolinija who renamed it Vis. During its career for the Jadrolinija, it ran on three itineraries, while starting between Split, Hvar and Vis. In 1991, it was transferred under Croatian but stayed on the same road. In 2000, Vis is replaced by Vela Luka on its way. Between 2004 and 2011, it made a link between Dubrovnik and Sobra.

In March 2011, it was sold to Tuninha Transporte Maritimo and became Vicente. Its career ended on 8 January 2015 around 8 pm, when it sank near São Filipe in unknown circumstances resulting in the deaths of 22 people.

External links

• (in Swedish) The story of the Vis on faktaomfartyg.se