MV Angelis

Ex Evangelistas, Magallanes, Friesland, Maersk Friesland, Maersk Flanders (I), Duke of Flanders, Romira, Admiral Atlantic

©  Ruben  Vega (Puerto Montt, Chile 11/11/2014)

Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1978 by Ishikawajima Ship & Chemical Plant Co, Tokyo, Japan  (Yard No 491) as a RoRo Cargo.

Technical Data

• Length: 122.94 m (overall) 111.03 m (between perpendiculars)
• Breadth: 20.96 m
• Depth:  9.50 m
• Draught: 4.769 m
• Tonnage: 2574 – 2625 – 9951 gross/1004 – 1018 net/3500 -3522 – 3523t deadweight
• Engines: 2 x 12-cylinder 12SW280 Pielstick (290 x 290)/ 12SW280 Stork-Werkspoor (280 x 300) diesels
• Power: 5371kW/7200 bHP
• Speed: 16.5 knots
• Capacity: 12 – 350 passengers/110 lane meters
• Call Sign: LGGK, SLDU, PDTI, PFSM, H3HC, CBEN, V4EY4
• IMO Number: 7627962
• Official Number (LR: 1980): 19117
• Port of Registry: Oslo/Norway 🇳🇴, Lysekil/Sweden 🇸🇪, Scheveningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Panama City/Panama 🇵🇦, Valparaiso/Chile 🇨🇱, Basseterre/St Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳
• Sister-Ship: Admiral Caribe (490), Admiral Pacific (492)

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History

November 30^th 1977: Launched.

March 1977: Delivered to K/S A/S Admiral Shipping Services, Oslo, Norway.

April 1977: Services Great Yarmouth – Bremerhaven – Hamburg – Antwerpen – Le Havre – Lagos – Monrovia – Tema – Abidjan.

©  Cees De Bijl

1980: Chartered for services in The Caribbean.

1983: Chartered to Portlink Ferries, for services Felixstowe – Esbjerg.

© Fotoflite

© Simonwp (Gt Yarmouth, 01/07/1983) (Left) © Simonwp (Felixstowe, 01/07/1983) (Right)

March 16^th 1984: Laid up in Tønsberg, Norway.

1984: Re-engined.

1984: Sold to Dag Engström Rederi AB, Lysekil, Sweden and renamed ROMIRA.

©  Patrick Hill (Hull, 30/09/1984)

September 27^th 1984 – September 30^th 1984: Chartered to North Sea Ferries B.V., Rozenburg for services Rotterdam – Hull.

© Simonwp (Gt Yarmouth, 01/12/1984)

©  Simonwp (Immingham, 25/02/1985)

 

© Fotoflite (01/06/1985)

© Derek Sands (Felixstowe, 22/01/1985)

1986: Sold to Maersk London Brit Line, Scheveningen, Holland and renamed DUKE OF FLANDERS. Services Great Yarmouth – Esbjerg.

©  Cees De Bijl (Left) © Pieter Inpyn (Right)

©  Simonwp (Gt Yarmouth, 01/08/1986) (Left)  © Simonwp (Gt Yarmouth, 01/08/1989) (Right)

1990: Renamed MAERSK FLANDERS for services Scheveningen – Felixstowe.

©  Aubrey Dale (Rosslare, 13/07/1991)

©  Pieter Inpyn (Scheveningen, 01/08/1992)

© Simonwp (Scheveningen, 01/12/1998)

February 13^th 1995: Collided with a jetty in Felixstowe and repaired in Harwich.

August 1999: Renamed MAERSK FRIESLAND.

May 9^th 2000: Sold to Naviera Interoceangas S.S., (NISA), Valparaiso, Chile and renamed FRIESLAND.

May 10^th 2000: Left Scheveningen for Chile.

June 2000: Rebuilt with extra passenger accommodation.

December 25^th 2000: Re-delivered to her owners.

December 27^th 2000: Renamed MAGALLANES.

January 4^th 2001: Deployed along the Chilean coast.

August 2007: Renamed EVANGELISTAS.

©  Ruben  Vega (Puerto Montt, Chile, 16/10/2014)

September 2020: Owner Advanced Distribution Co., Monrovia, Liberia. Renamed ANGELIS.

October 8^th 2020: Acquired by Indian-based Prayati Shipping prior to her departure Puerto Natales, Chile to Port Elizabeth, South Africa and from there to Alang, India.

December 5^th 2020: Arrived Bhavnagar Anchorage.

December 12^th 2020: Arrived Alang Anchorage.  

December 16^th 2020: Beached Alang, India and scrapping commenced.

 

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All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Cees De Bijl, Aubrey Dale,  Fotoflite, Patrick Hill, Pieter Inpyn, Simonwp, Ruben  Vega and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)