HSC ''Silvia Ana L'' (marketed as ''Silvia Ana'') was a high-speed

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owned and operated by Color Line on a route connecting

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. She was built in 1996 by Bazans Fernando Shipyard, Cadiz,

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for the

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-based

Buquebus Los Cipreses S.A., doing business as Buquebus, is a Uruguayan company that operates ferry services from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and Colonia. The company also operates a fleet of coaches to Termas del Arapey, Termas del Dayman, Salto, Urugua ...

. She is the second largest one-fuselage high speed ferry in the world.Color Line: F/F ''Silvia Ana''
, retrieved 10. 10. 2007 It is now part of Buquebus.

History

The ''Silvia Ana L'' was delivered in December 1996 to Los Cipreres for

traffic between

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and Piriapolis,

. She was originally registered in

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, Uruguay. In March–April 1997 the ship was upgraded in Cadiz, after which her home port was changed to

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. From that year onward she was chartered to Color Line between April and September each year, who used her on the

—

route. For the rest of the year she returned to Los Cipreres' Buenos Aires—Uruguay services. This arrangement continued until April 2000, when the ship was sold to MDFC Aircraft.Fakta om Fartyg: HSC ''Silvia Ana L'' (1996)
retrieved 10. 10. 2007 Following the purchase by MDFC Aircraft the ''Silvia Ana L'' but chartered to Color Line, who continued to operate her on the Kristiansand—Hirsthals route. Color bought the ship in 2005. In October 2007 the ship collided with M/S ''Stena Danica'' in Fredrikshavn harbour while en route to Örskov shipyard, Fredrikshavn. On 13 November 2007 the ''Silvia Ana L'' was sold to Buquebus, and is due to enter service with them on 12 December 2007.Color Line press release 13. 11. 2007: Color Lines hurtigferge Silvia Ana er solgt
, retrieved 21. 11. 2007 On 15 December 2007, the ''Silvia Ana L'' began work on the fast speed ferry service from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento.

References

External links

Buquebus
(Company website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Silvia Ana L Ferries of Norway Ships of Uruguay Ships built in Spain 1996 ships